We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings.

So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed.

Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious.

Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.

I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.

Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.

Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed