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• To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book x, Line 78...
• He serves me most who serves his country best.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book x, Line 201...
• Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book x, Line 293...
• Ah, youth! forever dear, forever kind.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book xix, Line 303...
• And for our country 't is a bliss to die.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book xv, Line 583...
• Forever honour'd, and forever mourn'd.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book xxii, Line 422...
• He held his seat,--a friend to human race.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book vi, Line 18...
• I live an idle burden to the ground.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book xviii, Line 134...
• Like strength is felt from hope and from despair.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book xv, Line 852...