Virgil has very finely touched upon the female passion for dress and shows, in the character of Camilla; who though she seems to have shaken off all the other weaknesses of her sex, is still described as a woman in this particular.

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.

There is a great amity between designing and art.

In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears, but to the value our fancies set upon it.

Sir Francis Bacon observed that a well-written book, compared with its rivals and antagonists, is like Moses' serpent, that immediately swallowed up and devoured those of the Egyptians.

A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.