there is no planet, sun, or star could hold you if you but knew what you are.
Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
I like people who can do things
Our best history is still poetry.
I find it more credible, since it is anterior information, that one man should know heaven, as the Chinese say, than that so many men should know the world.