Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to either of the other two.
John Frederick BoyesWhere we find echoes, we generally find emptiness and hollowness; it is the contrary with the echoes of the heart.
John Frederick BoyesIt is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments.
John Frederick BoyesFriends should be very delicate and careful in administering pity as medicine, when enemies use the same article as poison.
John Frederick Boyes