Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
Living requires but little life; doing requires much.
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.
It is always our inabilities that vex us.
Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence.