National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.
We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.
A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.