Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.

The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

One detects creative power by its capacity to conquer one's detachment.

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

... we do not admire what we cannot understand.