كن أوّل من يُنصف الجدارة الحقّة، فمديحه يضيع إن انتظر حتى يُجمع الناس على الثناء.

“Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.”Alexander Pope — The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks (1824)