Careful Words

sentiment (n.)

  Every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): Essays. First Series. Spiritual Laws.

  The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.

Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Reflections on the Revolution in France. Vol. iii. p. 331.

You think they are crusaders sent

From some infernal clime,

To pluck the eyes of sentiment

And dock the tail of Rhyme,

To crack the voice of Melody

And break the legs of Time.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894): The Music-Grinders.