Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything.

Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.

A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.

Gratitude is heaven itself; there could be no heaven without gratitude.

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall.

Shame is pride's cloak.