The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls Upon our love-sick land that mourns for thee.

He who makes his law a curse, by his own law shall surely die.

Without minute neatness of execution, the sublime cannot exist! Grandeur of ideas is founded on precision of ideas.

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

As we are, so we see.

He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter.