There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

That courage which arises from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.

We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side of the Grave; and as the principle Design of Tragedy is to raise Commiseration and Terror in the Minds of the Audience, we shall defeat this great End, if we always make Virtue and Innocence happy and successful.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion--a form of knowledge without the power of it.

The moderns cannot reach their beauties, but can avoid their imperfections.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.