"E'en here the tear of pity springs, And hearts are touched by human things."

"If men and mortal arms ye slight, Know there are gods who watch o'er right."

"It is this principle [i.e. the interpretation of an original] which constitutes the true value of a really good trans…"

"An inferior artist's only chance of giving pleasure."

"Blank verse really deserving the name I believe to be impossible except to one or two eminent writers in a generation."

"A critical sense of style and of poetic form is not easy to attain, nor is it of first importance for the younger, or…"

"There are few writers whose text is in so satisfactory a state as Virgil's."

"Virgil imitated Homer, but imitated him as a rival, not as a disciple."

"In the moment of our talking, envious time has ebb'd away. Seize the present; trust to-morrow e'en as little as you may."

"'Is there, friend,' he cries, 'a spot That knows not Troy's unhappy lot?'"