A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

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

Who does not more admire Cicero as an author than as a consul of Rome?

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes.

The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature.

If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic.