The enemy of art is the enemy of nature; art is nothing but the highest sagacity and exertion of human nature; and what nature will he honour who honours not the human?

He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware.

He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.

The public seldom forgive twice.

What is the elevation of the soul? A prompt, delicate, certain feeling for all that is beautiful, all that is grand; a quick resolution to do the greatest good by the smallest means; a great benevolence joined to a great strength and great humility.

Thinkers are scarce as gold; but he whose thoughts embrace all his subject, and who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size.

The conscience is more wise than science.