“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.”
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Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.
Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.
By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses one misses more nonsense than sense.
Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.