While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became my enemy, he shot it to me on a poisoned arrow.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

After all, I believe it is the style of thought entirely, and the style of expression, which makes the difference in books.

What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,--for if men read aright, methinks they would never read anything but poems. No history nor philosophy can supply their place.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.