“What then remains, but well our power to use,And keep good humour still whate’er we lose?And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul”

“For forms of Government let fools contest. Whate'er is best administered is best.”

“We may see the small Value God has for Riches, by the People he gives the”

“Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach.”

“Never find fault with the absent.”

“Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.”

“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”

“Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”

“So vast is art, so narrow human wit.”

“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”

“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”