Maxioms by Alexander Pope
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
 Of fight or fly,
 This choice is left ye, to resist or die.  
 Of fight or fly,
 This choice is left ye, to resist or die. 
 A long, exact, and serious comedy;
 In every scene some moral let it teach,
  And, if it read more 
 A long, exact, and serious comedy;
 In every scene some moral let it teach,
  And, if it can, at once both please and preach. 
Health consists with Temperance alone.
Health consists with Temperance alone.
False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some read more
False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.