When A Sonnet Is Mediocre

The Spirit Of Rebellion Is Present In Every Great City, And The Great Task Of Wise Government Is To Keep It Dormant, For If It Wakes It Is A Torrent Which No Dam Can Hold Back.

I Always Made My Food Congenial To My Constitution, And My Health Was Always Excellent.

In The Mean Time I Worship God, Laying Every Wrong Action Under An Interdict Which I Endeavour To Respect, And I Loathe The Wicked Without Doing Them Any Injury.

Man Is Free; Yet We Must Not Suppose That He Is At Liberty To Do Everything He Pleases, For He Becomes A Slave The Moment He Allows His Actions To Be Ruled By Passion.

Desires Are But Pain And Torment, And Enjoyment Is Sweet Because It Delivers Us From Them.