Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.

Only imagine a man acting for one single day on the supposition that all his neighbors believe all that they profess, and act up to all that they believe!

A Grecian history, perfectly written should be a complete record of the rise and progress of poetry, philosophy, and the arts.

The end of government is the happiness of the people.

Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.

In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics.

Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.