All our science calculates with abstracted individual external marks, which do not touch the inner existence of any single thing

So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that our Earth has fashioned itself, from its chaos of substances and powers, through the animating warmth of the creative spirit, to a peculiar and original whole, by a series of preparatory revolutions, till at last the crown of its creation, the exquisite and tender creature man, was enabled to appear.

A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.

The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself.

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.

Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent.

It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady.