If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.
It seems that God took away the minds of poets that they might better express His.
You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.
The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living
They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.