His high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright.

By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.

He murmurs near the running brooks A music sweeter than their own.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

I'll teach my boy the sweetest things; I'll teach him how the owlet sings.