The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them.

One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.

The great secrets of being courted are, to shun others, and seem delighted with yourself.

We love the beautiful and serene, but we have a feeling as deep as love for the terrible and dark.

Law dies, books never.