The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog’
Brutes never meet in bloody fray,
Nor cut each other’s throats, for pay.
‘Logicians Refuted’ l. 39
Our Garrick’s a salad; for in him we see
Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree.
‘Retaliation’ (1774) l. 11.
Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,
And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining;
Though equal to all things, for all things unfit,
Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.
‘Retaliation’ (1774) l. 29 (on Edmund Burke)
Here lies David Garrick, describe me, who can,
An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man.
‘Retaliation’ (1774) l. 93
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting;
’Twas only that when he was off he was acting.
‘Retaliation’ (1774) l. 101 (on Garrick)
When they talked of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff,
He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff.
‘Retaliation’ (1774) l. 145 (on Reynolds)
Where’er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled fondly turns to thee;
Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain,
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
‘The Traveller’ (1764) l. 7
Such is the patriot’s boast, where’er we roam,
His first, best country ever is, at home.
‘The Traveller’ (1764) l. 73
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
I see the lords of human kind pass by.
‘The Traveller’ (1764) l. 327
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
‘The Traveller’ (1764) l. 386
How small, of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!
‘The Traveller’ (1764) l. 429
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
‘Essays’ 5 ‘The Use of Language’
This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.