And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

Knowledge is Life with wings

The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye.

How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move! The sound is forced, the notes are few!

The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.