Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.

Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.

The end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction; and he who writes honestly is no more an enemy to the offender than the physician to the patient when he prescribes harsh remedies.

And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.

Learn to write well, or not to write at all.

Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose.