Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and customs. It is not quite sufficient to good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

Therefore we value the poet. All the argument and all the wisdom is not in the encyclopedia, or the treatise on metaphysics, or the Body of Divinity, but in the sonnet or the play.

Ennui shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.

As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.

Solitude is naught and society is naught. Alternate them and the good of each is seen.