A dead body revenges not injuries.

The worship of God is, Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God.

Gratitude is heaven itself; there could be no heaven without gratitude.

Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.

The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art

Rome & Greece swept Art into their maw & destroy'd it; a Warlike State never can produce Art. It will Rob & Plunder & accumulate into one place, & Translate & Copy & Buy & Sell & Criticize, but not Make.

Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.