Truth Shines The Brighter, Clad In Verse.

Consult The Genius Of The Place In All.

That Virtue Only Makes Our Bliss Below, And All Our Knowledge Is Ourselves To Know.

Though Triumphs Were To Generals Only Due, Crowns Were Reserved To Grace The Soldiers Too.

I Believe It Is No Wrong Observation, That Persons Of Genius, And Those Who Are Most Capable Of Art, Are Always Fond Of Nature, As Such Are Chiefly Sensible, That All Art Consists In The Imitation And Study Of Nature. On The Contrary, People Of The Common Level Of Understanding Are Principally Delighted With The Little Niceties And Fantastical Operations Of Art, And Constantly Think That Finest Which Is Least Natural.

Search Then The Ruling Passion: This Clue, Once Found, Unravels All The Rest.