Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.

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Poetry is in itself strength and joy, whether it be crowned by all mankind, or left alone in its own magic hermitage.

Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.