The paternal and filial duties discipline the heart, and prepare it for the love of all mankind. The intensity of private attachment encourages, not prevents, universal benevolence.

May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling, Silent as though they watched the sleeping earth!

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

That agony returns; And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns.

A stately pleasure-dome decree.

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted nonsense give to a hard working man

The most general definition of beauty ... Multeity in Unity.