To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the plenitude of its energy and power to repair the harms it may suffer. The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will.

The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.

The eye is the best of artists.

Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise, And interpret your device, . . . . All things wait for and divine him,-- How shall I dare to malign him?

To make knowledge valuable, you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom.

Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.

When it's dark enough men see stars.