“And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification”

“When i tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”

“But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine.”

“When the stars threw down their spearsAnd watered heaven with their tears:Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?- The Tyger”

“Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.”

“Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake.”

“Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.”