What can be nobler than the idea it gives us of the Supreme Being?

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

Every one knows the veneration which was paid by the Jews to a name so great, wonderful, and holy. They would not let it enter even into their religious discourses. What can we then think of those who make use of so tremendous a name, in the ordinary expression of their anger, mirth, and most impertinent passions?

Plutarch says very finely that a man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies.

If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.

The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertences, are infinitely preferable to the works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact, and conformable to all the rules of correct writing.

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