A Noble Heart Will Always Capitulate To

The Greeks Put Us To Shame Not Only By Their Simplicity, Which Is Foreign To Our Age; They Are At The Same Time Our Rivals, Nay, Frequently Our Models, In Those Very Points Of Superiority From Which We Seek Comfort When Regretting The Unnatural Character Of Our Manners. We See That Remarkable People Uniting At Once Fullness Of Form And Fullness Of Substance, Both Philosophising And Creating, Both Tender And Energetic, Uniting A Youthful Fancy To The Virility Of Reason In A Glorious Humanity.

To Rankling Poison Hast Thou Turned In Me The Milk Of Human Kindness.

Wise To Resolve, Patient To Perform.

He Who Neglects The Present Moment Throws Away All He Has.

Sorrow Is Brief But Joy Is Endless