Nothing affects the heart like that which is purely from itself, and of its own nature; such as the beauty of sentiments, the grace of actions, the turn of characters, and the proportions and features of a human mind.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyWhen men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyPedantry and bigotry are millstones, able to sink the best book which carries the least part of their dead weight. The temper of the pedagogue suits not with the age; and the world, however it may be taught, will not be tutored.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyThe face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyIn nature, all is managed for the best with perfect frugality and just reserve, profuse to none, but bountiful to all; never employing on one thing more than enough, but with exact economy retrenching the superfluous, and adding force to what is principal in everything.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury