A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience which weowe to those whom Providence hath placed over us.

Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors.

Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life.

The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he does not know what to do with it; so is that of the other, because he distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts--or, in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying it.

A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.

The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire to be admired for that which only deserves admiration.