Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.
The critic ... should be not merely a poet, not merely a philosopher, not merely an observer, but tempered of all three.
Give me truth; cheat me by no illusion.
Spirits that have once been sincerely united and tended together a sacred flame, never become entirely stranger to one another's life.
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
The highest ideal man can form of his own powers, is that which he is destined to attain. Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain. This is the law and the prophets. Knock and it shall be opened, seek and ye shall find. It is demonstrated; it is a maxim.