Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night;God said "Let Newton be" and all was light.

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

Order is heaven's first law.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.