What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.

You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.

Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.

A few words worthy to be remembered suffice to give an idea of a great mind. There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work, a simplicity so finished and so perfect that it equals in merit and in excellence a large and glorious composition.

Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent.