Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

A quote about drinking is a joy forever

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

Thou art a dreaming thing, A fever of thyself.

To Sorrow I bade good-morrow, And thought to leave her far away behind; But cheerly, cheerly, She loves me dearly: She is so constant to me, and so kind.

A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world.

If something is not beautiful, it is probably not true.