Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.

The pride of men will not often suffer reason to have scope until it can be no longer of service.

Magnificence is likewise a source of the sublime. A great profusion of things which are splendid or valuable in themselves is magnificent. The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur.

The same sun which gilds all nature, and exhilarates the whole creation, does not shine upon disappointed ambition.

Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle.

The truly sublime is always easy, and always natural.