none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

The platform or the altar of love may be analyzed and explained; it is constructed of virtue, beauty, and affection. Such is the pyre, such is the offering; but the ethereal spark must come from heaven, that lights the sacrifice.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

When the cup of any sensual pleasure is drained to the bottom, there is always poison in the dregs.