“ The damps of autumn sink into the leaves and prepare them for the necessity of their fall; and thus insensibly are we, as years close around us, detached from our tenacity of life by the gentle pressu… Walter Savage Landor
“ Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. Walter Savage Landor
“ Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition. Walter Savage Landor
“ Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him. Walter Savage Landor
“ Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. Walter Savage Landor
“ States like men have their growth their manhood their decrepitude their decay. Walter Savage Landor
“ Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good. Walter Savage Landor
“ No truer word, save God's, was ever spoken,Than that the largest heart is soonest broken. Walter Savage Landor
“ Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce. Walter Savage Landor
“ Men like snails lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend. Walter Savage Landor
