It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.
William ShenstoneA liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
William ShenstoneZealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
William ShenstoneThe lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical.
William ShenstoneThe works of a person that begin immediately to decay, while those of him who plants begin directly to improve. In this, planting promises a more lasting pleasure than building; which, were it to remain in equal perfection, would at best begin to moulder and want repairs in imagination. Now trees have a circumstance that suits our taste, and that is annual variety.
William Shenstone