Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.

You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth.

If you had told Sycorax that her son Caliban was as handsome as Apollo, she would have been pleased, witch as she was.

Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you.

Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.