[I]n every part of this eastern world, from Pekin to Damascus, the popular teachers of moral wisdom have immemorially been poets.

I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (rebirth) to be incomparably more rational, more pious, and more likely to deter men from vice than the horrid opinions inculcated by Christians on punishments without end.

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.

Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.

[I]n every part of this eastern world, from Pekin to Damascus, the popular teachers of moral wisdom have immemorially been poets.