In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.

Kiss me, so long but as a kiss may last!

There is eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which by their inconceivable relation to something within the soul, awaken the spirits to a dance of breathless rapture, and bring tears of mysterious tenderness to the eyes, like the enthusiasm of patriotic success, or the voice of one beloved singing to you alone.

Kings are like stars,-they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.

No more let life divide what death can join together.