A Felon Could Plead "benefit Of Clergy"

Power Is Pleasure; And Pleasure Sweetens Pain.

The Humblest Painter Is A True Scholar; And The Best Of Scholars The Scholar Of Nature.

One Shining Quality Lends A Lustre To Another, Or Hides Some Glaring Defect.

Painters... Are The Most Lively Observers Of What Passes In The World About Them, And The Closest Observers Of What Passes In Their Own Minds.

However We May Flatter Ourselves To The Contrary, Our Friends Think No Higher Of Us Than The World Do. They See Us Through The Jaundiced Or Distrustful Eyes Of Others. They May Know Better, But Their Feelings Are Governed By Popular Prejudice. Nay, They Are More Shy Of Us (when Under A Cloud) Than Even Strangers; For We Involve Them In A Common Disgrace, Or Compel Them To Embroil Themselves In Continual Quarrels And Disputes In Our Defense.