I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.
Great men are more distinguished by range and extent than by originality.
Be lord of a day, through wisdom and justice, and you can put up your history books.
It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem.
Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy.
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.