I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
If from society we learn to live, solitude should teach us how to die.
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.