When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.

Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.

I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency

For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes out of his mind and his intellect is no longer in him.

A work well begun is half-ended.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.