Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings.

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?

Rome & Greece swept Art into their maw & destroy'd it; a Warlike State never can produce Art. It will Rob & Plunder & accumulate into one place, & Translate & Copy & Buy & Sell & Criticize, but not Make.

Auguries of innocence "The emmet's inch and eagle's mile Make lame philosophy to smile. He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.

Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.

Life delights in life.

Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition.