An ugly woman in a rich habit set out with jewels nothing can become.
He wants worth who dares not praise a foe.
The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted.
For they can conquer who believe they can.
Fiction is of the essence of poetry as well as of painting; there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things, and actions which are not real, and in the other of a true story by fiction.
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.