We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding

The true poem is the poet's mind.

The field cannot be well seen from within the field. The astronomer must have his diameter of the earth's orbit as a base to fix the parallax of any other star

Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest addition to its rule and its credit.

As picture teaches the colouring, so sculpture the anatomy of form.