Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.
In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions.
Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.
Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.