Half-uttered praise is to the curious mind, as to the eye half-veiled beauty is, more precious than the whole.

Heaven often smites in mercy, even when the blow is severest.

To make the cunning artless, tame the rude, subdue the haughty, shake the undaunted soul; yea, put a bridle in the lion's mouth, and lead him forth as a domestic cur,--these are the triumphs of all-powerful beauty.

I can bear scorpion's stings, tread fields of fire, in frozen gulfs of cold eternal lie, be tossed aloft through tracts of endless void, but cannot live in shame.

Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked.

Me care for te laws when te laws care for me.

A willing heart adds feather to the heel.