False doctrine does not necessarily make a man a heretic, but an evil heart can make any doctrine heretical.

Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.

The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just feelings.

Above all things I entreat you to preserve your faith in Christ. It is my wealth in poverty, my joy in sorrow, my peace amid tumult. For all the evil I have committed, my gracious pardon; and for every effort, my exceeding great reward. I have found it to be so. I can smile with pity at the infidel whose vanity makes him dream that I should barter such a blessing for the few subtleties from the school of the cold-blooded sophists.

I attended [Sir Humphry] Davy's lectures to renew my stock of metaphors.

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

I do not wish you to act from these truths; no, still and always act from your feelings; only meditate often on these truths that sometime or other they may become your feelings.