"It is amusing to detect character in the vocabulary of each person. The adjectives habitually used, like the inscript…"

"Without the definiteness of sculpture and painting, music is, for that very reason, far more suggestive. Like Milton'…"

"Let us recognise the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, g…"

"Give me the boon of Love! I ask no more for Fame; Far better one unpurchased heart Than Glory's proudest name. Why wa…"

"There is a policy in manner. I have heard one, not inexperienced in the pursuit of fame, give it his earnest support,…"

"There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an undefinable and, as it were, luxuri…"

"There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess."

"For Truth makes holy Love's illusive dreams, And their best promise constantly redeems."

"There are beauties of character which, like the night-blooming cereus, are closed against the glare and turbulence of…"

"If conversation be an art, like painting, sculpture, and literature, it owes its most power charm to nature; and the …"