Centres, or centre-pieces of wood, are put by builders under an arch of stone while it is in the process of construction till the keystone is put in. Just such is the use Satan makes of pleasures to construct evil habits upon; the pleasure lasts till the habit is fully formed; but that done the habit may stand eternal. The pleasures are sent for firewood, and the hell begins in this life.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeNever can true courage dwell with them, Who, playing tricks with conscience, dare not look At their own vices.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeVeracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeReviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge