The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.

-ev'n with us the breath Of Science dims the mirror of our joy.

A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, must not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

In the tale proper--where there is no space for development of character or for great profusion and variety of incident--mere construction is, of course, far more imperatively demanded than in the novel.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore.