No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.

Heart-chilling superstition! thou canst glaze even Pity's eye with her own frozen tear.

The Beautiful arises from the perceived harmony of an object, whether sight or sound, with the inborn and constitutive rules of the judgment and imagination: and it is always intuitive.

I am sure from my experience of juries that, in a criminal case especially, they will obey the law as declared by the Judge; they will take the law from the Judge, whether they like it or do not like it, and apply it honestly to the facts before them.

We are now Courts of equity, and must decide the thing according to all the rights.

Prayer is the very highest energy of which the mind is capable.

All thoughts, all passions, all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers of Love And feed His sacred flame.