The Form Of Truth Will Bear Exposure,

And Here Were Forests Ancient As The Hills, Enfolding Sunny Spots Of Greenery.

When A Man Mistakes His Thoughts For Persons And Things, He Is Mad.

Alone, Alone, All, All Alone, Alone On A Wide Wide Sea! And Never Saint Took Pity On My Soul In Agony

Creation Rather Than Painting, Or If Painting, Yet Such, And With Such Co-presence Of The Whole Picture Flash'd At Once Upon The Eye, As The Sun Paints In A Camera Obscura. (describing His Poetic Ideal, 1817)

Law Grows, And Though The Principles Of Law Remain Unchanged, Yet (and It Is One Of The Advantages Of The Common Law) Their Application Is To Be Changed With The Changing Circumstances Of The Times. Some Persons May Call This Retrogression, I Call It Progression Of Human Opinion.