There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart; he does not feel for man.

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge

A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.

... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke.

A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.