We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

Genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates.

Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.

For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws.

A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one.

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women.