The devil's most devilish when respectable.

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green grasses are more common still; the blue of heaven is larger than the cloud.

And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death.

Since when was genius found respectable?

In your patience ye are strong.

We can't separate our humanity from our poetry.