Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
I take it that I must be the eternal playfellow of time. For piety and common-sense and death are rightfully time's toys; and it is with these three that I divert myself.
No lady is ever a gentleman.
There is no gift more great than love.
The touch of time does more than the club of Hercules.
Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.