I Wish I Was As Sure Of

Even Holland And Spain Have Been Positively, Though Not Relatively, Advancing.

Language Is The Machine Of The Poet.

Nothing Is So Galling To A People Not Broken In From Birth As A Paternal, Or, In Other Words, A Meddling Government, A Government Which Tells Them What To Read, And Say, And Eat, And Drink And Wear.

He Who, In An Enlightened And Literary Society, Aspires To Be A Great Poet, Must First Become A Little Child.

A Good Constitution Is Infinitely Better Than The Best Despot.