Nature encourages no looseness; pardons no errors.

Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange, extravagant and broken the monotony.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

The soul lets no man go without some visitations and holy-days of a diviner presence.

The multitude of false churches accredits the true religion.

We do what we can, and then make a theory to prove our performance the best.

This ennui, for which we Saxons had no name,--this word of France, has got a terrific significance. It shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.