The Britons (say historians) were naked, civilized men, learned, studious, abstruse in thought and contemplation; naked, simple, plain in their acts and manners; wiser than after ages.

And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every Child may joy to hear.

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.

Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens.

The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist.

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.