The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.

Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.

A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.

Good sense and good nature are never separated; and good nature is the product of right reason.

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

Secret guilt is by silence revealed.

The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.