General principles… are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant’s shoulders to mount on. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Seldom can philosophic genius be more usefully employed than in thus rescuing — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
O pure of heart! Thou needest not ask of me what this strong music in the soul may be! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A bitter and perplexed “What shall I do?” Is worse to man than worse necessity. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I feel as if God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty-two springs in every year. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge