The duller eye may often see a thing sooner than the keener.

I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.

The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.

To use words and phrases in an easygoing manner without scrutinizing them too curiously is not in general a mark of ill-breeding. On the contrary, there is something low-bred in being too precise. But sometimes there is no help for it

The true Wisdom is in recognizing our own ignorance.

The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.