The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics.

In the plays of Shakespeare man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions which contend for the mastery over him, and govern him in turn.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

He had done that which could never be forgiven; he was in the grasp of one who never forgave.

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.