“Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.”

Urging prompt action in the face of life's uncertainty · Letter to Lord Cobham

• Action
• Time
• Wisdom

“I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.”

On the humbling kinship between human beings and other animals · Letter to John Dennis, 10 July 1695

• Animals
• Humanity
• Humility