Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeIf you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable impression of yourself; if with a little mind, leave him with a favorable impression of himself.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeA man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeIf a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWhere virtue is, sensibility is the ornament and becoming attire of virtue. On certain occasions it may almost be said to become virtue. But sensibility and all the amiable qualities may likewise become, and too often have become, the panders of vice and the instruments of seduction.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge