At bottom, no real object is unpoetical, if the poet knows how to use it properly.

The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.