Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies;

And sure he will: for Wisdom never lies.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Odyssey of Homer. Book iii. Line 25.

As aromatic plants bestow

No spicy fragrance while they grow;

But crush'd or trodden to the ground,

Diffuse their balmy sweets around.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): The Captivity. Act i.