In one of the Welsh counties is a small village called A-----. It is somewhat removed from the high road, and is, therefore, but little known to those luxurious amateurs of the picturesque, who view nature through the windows of a carriage and four.

There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.

The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it

If there is a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.

Wrap thyself in the decent veil that the arts or the graces weave for thee, O human nature! It is only the statue of marble whose nakedness the eye can behold without shame and offence!

The classic literature is always modern.