The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.
William ShenstoneIt seems with wit and good-nature, Utrum horum mavis accipe. Taste and good-nature are universally connected.
William ShenstoneSome men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice; whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born.
William ShenstoneHowever, I think a plain space near the eye gives it a kind of liberty it loves; and then the picture, whether you choose the grand or beautiful, should be held up at its proper distance. Variety is the principal ingredient in beauty; and simplicity is essential to grandeur.
William Shenstone