The word which is best said came nearest to not being spoken at all, for it is cousin to a deed which the speaker could have better done. Nay, almost it must have taken the place of a deed by some urgent necessity, even by some misfortune, so that the truest writer will be some captive knight, after all. And perhaps the fates had such a design, when, having stored Raleigh so richly with the substance of life and experience, they made him a fast prisoner, and compelled him to make his words his deeds, and transfer to his expression the emphasis and sincerity of his action.

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore.

The object of love expands and grows before us to eternity, until it includes all that is lovely, and we become all that can love.

As I love nature, as I love singing birds...I love thee, my friend.

Good religious men, with the love of men in their hearts, and the means to pay their toll in their pockets.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

In an unjust society the only place for a just man is prison.