I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
To breed up the son to common sense is evermore the parent's least expense.
The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
Home is the sacred refuge of our life.
They think too little who talk too much.
Since a true knowledge of nature gives us pleasure, a lively imitation of it, either in poetry or painting, must produce a much greater; for both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.