The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.

You will find many a creature by earth, air, and water, that is more beautiful than a woman.

I never invite idiots to my house.

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little empire of the fireside, where there is no contention or cabal, think we are in a golden age of existance.

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another.