The definition of good prose is proper words in their proper places; of good verse, the most proper words in their proper places.The propriety is in either case relative. The words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in general, a fault.

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge.

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

The fair breeze blew, The white foam flew, And the forrow followed free. We were the first to ever burst into the silent sea.

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

Persecution is a very easy form of virtue.