To be omnipotent but friendless is to reign.

To hearts which near each other move From evening close to morning light,The night is good; because, my love,They never say good-night.

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.

Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns critic.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Can man be free if woman be a slave?

If God has spoken, why is the world not convinced.