The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

A man is already of consequence in the world when it is known that we can implicitly rely upon him. Often I have known a man to be preferred in stations of honor and profit because he had this reputation: When he said he knew a thing, he knew it, and when he said he would do a thing, he did it.

There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise.

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.