For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e’en the past enjoy. — Alexander Pope
Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics. — Alexander Pope
The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth’s itself a lie. — Alexander Pope
Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state. — Alexander Pope
Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies. — Alexander Pope