Are you not wise?—You know you are: yet hear
One truth, amid your numerous schemes, mislaid,
Or overlook’d, or thrown aside, if seen;
“Our schemes to plan by this world, or the next,
Is the sole difference between wise and fool.”
All worthy men will weigh you in this scale; 1370
What wonder then, if they pronounce you light? 1371
Is their esteem alone not worth your care?
Accept my simple scheme of common sense:
Thus, save your fame, and make two worlds your own.