Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this or that to discover what it is that you secretly love.

The fly that prefers sweetness to a long life may drown in honey.

The soul, too has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit.

Imagination is potentially infinite. Though actually we are limited to the types of experience for which we possess organs, those organs are somewhat plastic. Opportunity will change their scope and even their center.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colours of life in all their purity.

Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public.

It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas.