Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites.

Female friendships are of rapid growth.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.