Contempt Is Not A Thing

Example Is The School Of Mankind, And They Will Learn At No Other.

Poetry, With All Its Obscurity, Has A More General As Well As A More Powerful Dominion Over The Passions Than The Art Of Painting.

Passion For Fame: A Passion Which Is The Instinct Of All Great Souls.

People Will Not Look Forward To Posterity, Who Never Look Backward To Their Ancestors.

Adversity Is A Severe Instructor, Set Over Us By One Who Knows Us Better Than We Do Ourselves.