Note 8 — § 1. ON THE AUTHORSHIP, FORM, DESIGN, AND CONTENTS OF THE BOOK.
Reading edition
The nearest analogy in English literature to this triumphant use of the proverb of which I can think is Pope's use of the couplet—in every way a much lesser feat, however; while its burlesque or caricature may be found in Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy.