Go boldly forth, my simple lay, — William Jones (philologist)

"Of armies on the chequer’d field array’d, And guiltless war in pleasing form display’d; When two bold kings contend with vain alarms, In ivory this, and that in ebon arms."

"Than all Bocaras vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand."

"What constitutes a state? Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. And sovereign law, that states collected will, Oer thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill."

"Plato drew many of his notions (through Egypt, where he resided for some time) from the sages of Hindustán."

"Now it is certain that the genius of every nation is not a little affected by their climate; for whether it be that the immoderate heat disposes the Eastern people to a Life of indolence, which gives them full leisure to cultivate their talents, or whether the sun has a real influence on the imagination, ... whatever be the cause, it has always been remarked, that the Asiaticks excel the inhabitants of our colder regions in the liveliness of their fancy, and the richness of their invention."

"Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven."