A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.
When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.
Whatever appeals to the imagination, by transcending the ordinary limits of human ability, wonderfully encourages and liberates us.
Life is not measured by its length, but by its depth.
Imagination is a very high sort of seeing.
Genius is the naturalist or geographer of the supersensible regions, and draws their map; and, by acquainting us with new fields of activity, cools our affection for the old. These are at once accepted as the reality, of which the world we have conversed with is the show.