Why do people respect the package rather than the man?
God sends the cold according to the coat.
The thing I fear most is fear.
I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.
I do not correct my first imaginings by my second--well, yes, perhaps a word or so, but only to vary, not to delete. I want to represent the course of my humors and I want people to see each part at its birth.
The strength of any plan depends on the time. Circumstances and things eternally shift and change.