The movements of the eyes express the perpetual and unconscious courtesy of the parties.

One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

Exaggerated history is poetry, and truth referred to a new standard.

If I wished to see a mountain or other scenery under the most favorable auspices, I would go to it in foul weather, so as to be there when it cleared up; we are then in the most suitable mood, and nature is most fresh and inspiring. There is no serenity so fair as that which is just established in a tearful eye.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

The poet's body even is not fed like other men's, but he sometimes tastes the genuine nectar and ambrosia of the gods, and lives adivine life. By the healthful and invigorating thrills of inspiration his life is preserved to a serene old age.