May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling, Silent as though they watched the sleeping earth!

Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people, because they have a power of looking at such persons as objects of amusement of another race altogether.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind.

To admire on principle is the only way to imitate without loss of originality.

To believe and to understand are not diverse things, but the same things in different periods of growth.

We should manage our thoughts as shepherds do their flowers in making a garland: first, select the choicest, and then dispose them in the most proper places, that every one may reflect a part of its color and brightness on the next.