A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words.
Nations, like individuals, interest us in their growth.
Little men build up great ones, but the snow colossus soon melts; the good stand under the eye of God, and therefore stand.
Vast objects of remote altitude must be looked at a long while before they are ascertained. Ages are the telescope tubes that must be lengthened out for Shakespeare; and generations of men serve but a single witness to his claims.