From Vulgar Bounds With Brave

Careless Of Censure, Nor Too Fond Of Fame, Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Not Afraid To Blame, Averse Alike To Flatter Or Offend, Not Free From Faults, Nor Yet Too Vain To Mend.

Praise From A Friend, Or Censure From A Foe, Are Lost On Hearers That Our Merits Know.

What Riches Give Us Let Us Then Inquire: Meat, Fire, And Clothes. What More? Meat, Clothes, And Fire. Is This Too Little?

A Brain Of Feathers, And A Heart Of Lead.

Some Praise At Morning What They Blame At Night, But Always Think The Last Opinion Right.