Good Advice for Good-For-Nothing Naysayers

To suffer the insults of fools is a worthless thing. Dismiss, and disregard, unthinking, tactless fellows, who've nothing else to do (like court jesters of a king) than peevishly chide, rail, protest in foolish bellows! 'Tis better to give praise, tribute, and to confer fame. Or, when laurels are scarce, offer instead your support: sweet words incline the heart, indictments just inflame; for good-for-nothings just blitz you as a first resort.