He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.

Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour.

Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.

A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.