How well he fell asleepl Like some proud river, widening toward the sea; Calmly and grandly, silently and deep, Life joined eternity.

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

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.

The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good.

Genius must have talent as its complement and implement, just as in like manner imagination must have fancy. In short, the higher intellectual powers can only act through a corresponding energy of the lower.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

Never can true courage dwell with them, Who, playing tricks with conscience, dare not look At their own vices.