Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.
We want our friend as a man of talent, less because he has talent than because he is our friend.
Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.
Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.
The egoist does not tolerate egoism.
God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.