Genius must be born, and never can be taught.
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.