The breath of the mind is attention.
The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry
Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us.
Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.
Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.
Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.