Alas! When duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.

Rigor pushed too far is sure to miss its aim, however good, as the bow snaps that is bent too stiffly.

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.

Have Hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow, - No night but hath its morn.

The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in those very points of superiority from which we seek comfort when regretting the unnatural character of our manners. We see that remarkable people uniting at once fullness of form and fullness of substance, both philosophising and creating, both tender and energetic, uniting a youthful fancy to the virility of reason in a glorious humanity.

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.