I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.

The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.

Dispel not, the happy delusions of children.

Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.

I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.

If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.