Beware of any profession for which you must buy new clothes.

It is tranquil people who accomplish much.

...how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!

Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye.

I perceive that we inhabitants of New England live this mean life that we do because our vision does not penetrate the surface ofthings. We think that that is which appears to be.

Nature is not made after such a fashion as we would have her. We piously exaggerate her wonders, as the scenery around our home.

As long as there is satire, the poet is, as it were, particeps criminis.