Poets should be law-givers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code, and the day's work.

The men who come on the stage at one period are all found to be related to each other. Certain ideas are in the air.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs.

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.

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.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

A seashell should be the crest of England, not only because it represents a power built on the waves, but also the hard finish ofthe men. The Englishman is finished like a cowry or a murex.