The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.
An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter