Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.

I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds.

A book worth reading is worth buying.

It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his readers is sure to skip them.

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.