Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.
Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.
Love is full of imagination.
none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.
In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles.
Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.