In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own falls off and comes to nothing.
Walter Savage LandorI see the rainbow in the sky, the dew upon the grass; I see them, and I ask not why they glimmer or they pass. With folded arms I linger not to call them back; 'twere vain: In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again.
Walter Savage LandorThere is a gravity which is not austere nor captious, which belongs not to melancholy nor dwells in contraction of heart: but arises from tenderness and hangs upon reflection.
Walter Savage LandorThe religion of Christ is peace and good-will,--the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will.
Walter Savage Landor