It must be so, Plato, thou reason'st well!

Music is the only sensual gratification which mankind may indulge in to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings.

What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.

A man whose extraordinary reputation thus lifts him up to the notice and observation of mankind, draws a multitude of eyes upon him, that will narrowly inspect every part of him.

Nature seems to have taken a particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different regions of the world, with an eye to their mutual intercourse and traffic among mankind, that the nations of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of dependence upon one another and be united together by their common interest.

The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.

It is folly to seek the approbation of any being besides the Supreme.