The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.
You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.
Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
Is it not possible that the ultimate end is gaiety and music and a dance of joy?
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.