Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.

What right those who govern have to govern they don't question, they just govern. Whether the people have a right to depose them that doesn't concern them. All they are concerned with is that the people will not be tempted to depose them.

The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range.

The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.

If youth is a fault, it is one that one gets rid of soon enough.