All nature is but art unknown to thee.

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.

The villain's censure is extorted praise.

A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.

I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as such are chiefly sensible, that all Art consists in the Imitation and Study of Nature. On the contrary, People of the common Level of Understanding are principally delighted with the Little Niceties and Fantastical Operations of Art, and constantly think that finest which is least Natural.

Is not absence death to those who love?

There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.