There is not on earth a spectacle more worthy the regard of a Creator intent on his works, than a brave man superior to his sufferings.

I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.

Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.

Our forefathers looked upon nature with more reverence and horror, before the world was enlightened by learning and philosophy, and loved to astonish themselves with the apprehensions of witchcraft, prodigies, charms, and inchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it, the church-yards were all haunted, every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it, and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.

A cheerful temper, joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured.

Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.

Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties, and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul.