The lover of letters loves power too.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem.

You cannot make a cheap palace.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labor and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations; whilst they must make painful corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error.

The religions we call false were once true.

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.