Alexander Pope

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease. ”

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale. ”

Passions are the gales of life. ”

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after. ”

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. ”

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence? ”

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. ”

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke. ”

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still. ”

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. ”