Money never made any man rich, but his mind. He that can order himself to the law of nature, is not only without the sense, but the fear of poverty.

Peace is never more than one thought away.

Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.

He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Whosoever loves not picture is injurious to truth, and all the wisdom of poetry. Picture is the invention of heaven, the most ancient and most akin to nature. It is itself a silent work, and always one and the same habit.

If men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility of any man's being a good poet without first being a good man.