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

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

“True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'dWhat oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd;Something whose truth convinced at sight we find,That gives us back the image of our mind.As shades more sweetly recommend the light,So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.”

“Brevity is the soul of wit.”

“Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true,But are not critics to their judgment, too?”

“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.”

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