Genius is the capacity for receiving and improving by discipline.
To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.
Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
It is impossible, to me at least, to be poetical in cold weather.
Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.