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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Some praise at morning what they blame at night; But always think the last opinion right.
Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Behold the child, by nature's kindly law Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
True wit is Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.
For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered is best.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body nature is, and God the soul.
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed.