 On 4 August 1755 , his neighbour and friend Horace Walpole wrote to a correspondent : " I have contracted a sort of intimacy with Garrick , who is my neighbour . He affects to study my taste ; I lay it all upon you – he admires you . He is building a graceful temple to Shakespeare : I offered him this motto : Quod <unk> et <unk> , si <unk> <unk> est [ If I inspire and give pleasure , it is because of you ] . " A year later , Walpole wrote in another letter : 
