The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.
Walter Savage LandorAn ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone.
Walter Savage LandorA great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it.
Walter Savage LandorWhen a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.
Walter Savage Landor