O it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies, To make the shifting clouds be what you please.

...in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish solicitude, we have eyes yet see not, ears that hear not, and hearts that neither feel nor understand.

The form of truth will bear exposure, as well as that of beauty herself.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Remorse weeps tears of blood.

It would not be correct to say that every moral obligation involves a legal duty; but every legal duty is founded on a moral obligation.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.