Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.

There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.

Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.

National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

Let your cry be for free souls rather than for freedom. Moral liberty is the only important liberty.