The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.

They have in themselves what they value in their horse, mettle and bottom

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.