As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

A man who should act, for one day, on the supposition that all the people about him were influenced by the religion which they professed would find himself ruined by night.

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.

The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little.

The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.

The temple of silence and reconciliation.

He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child. He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind. He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority. His very talents will be a hindrance to him.