I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.
My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.
was it a vision or a waking dream? Fled is that music--do I wake or sleep?
All writing is a form of prayer.
Nothing is finer for the purposes of great productions than a very gradual ripening of the intellectual powers.
Philosophy will clip an angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine - Unweave a rainbow.