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.

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.

A man without earnestness is a mournful and perplexing spectacle. But it is a consolation to believe, as we must of such a one, that he is the most effectual and compulsive of all schools.

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

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

Man is a substance clad in shadows.

Every man's follies are the caricature resemblances of his wisdom.