Letters to absence can a voice impart, And lend a tongue when distance gags the heart.
History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed.
Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.
It is charming to totter into vogue.
Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.
Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it.