"To be more known, to be more loved, to be more praised, to be more admired, to be more sought after, to be more followed, to be more magnified, to be more glorified, to be more adored, to be more wors…"

"How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns."

"Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn."

"Long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

"What boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse?"