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

“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”

“All Nature is but art, unknown to theeAll chance, direction, which thou canst not see;All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good.”

“A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on.”

“To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,To raise the genius, and to mend the heart”

“One science only will one genius fit/ So vast is art, so narrow human wit”

“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.”