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

“If I am right, Thy grace impartStill in the right to stay;If I am wrong, O, teach my heartTo find that better way!”

“Sure flattery never traveled so far as three thousand miles; it is now only for truth, which over takes all things, to reach you at this distance.”

“If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friend's notions and inclinations he possesses this is an eminent degree; he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more that many good friends can pretend to do.”

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

“Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire. ”

“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.”