And is it not the chief good of money, the being free from the need of thinking of it?

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul.

I f thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her for her smile ... her look ... her way Of speaking gently ... for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and, certes, brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day- For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee-and love so wrought, May be unwrought so.

The critics could never mortify me out of heart - because I love poetry for its own sake, - and, tho' with no stoicism and some ambition, care more for my poems than for my poetic reputation.

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.'

He's just, your cousin, ay, abhorrently, He'd wash his hands in blood, to keep them clean.