The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Embraces are comminglings from the head even to the feet, And not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place.

The true method of knowledge is experiment.

He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.

If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.

Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those who have cultivated an understanding of them.

Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for the worst, leave the best in disgrace, And with Labours of Ignorance fill every place.