They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.

Then liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.

God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.

Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood.

Th' embroid'ry of poetic dreams.

We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.