“Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.”

“He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.”

“How do you know but ev’ry bird that cuts the airy way,
Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five.”

“Damn braces; bless relaxes.”

“Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.”

“All deities reside in the human breast.”

“Joys impregnate, sorrows bring forth.”

“Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth.”

“To create a little flower is the labour of ages.”

“Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius.”