We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.
The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts.
Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us.
All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.
Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.