The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.
He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.