A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. learning
Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. best
One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit. art & science
And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade. truth
An honest man's the noblest work of God. God & work
The most positive men are the most credulous. men & positive
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. nature
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. trust
If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business. business
Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. being alone, happiness & truth
Health consists with temperance alone. being alone & health
The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more. nature
Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. hope
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. faith
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. men
Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light! God & nature
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. education
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. God & nature
So vast is art, so narrow human wit. art
'Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. education
No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her. love
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. hope
For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best. best & government
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? the future
All nature is but art unknown to thee. art & nature
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. intelligence
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. art & work
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man. God
To err is human to forgive, divine. forgiveness
They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. marriage
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. fear
Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use. nature
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. wisdom
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease. diets & health
Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can. women
Woman's at best a contradiction still. best
Wit is the lowest form of humor. humor
Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind. God
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. art
Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. education
A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. God & nature
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. fear
Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God. God & nature