For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem, - a thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of a plant or an animal it has an architecture of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.

Wisdom is infused into every form.

The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.

It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.

Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange, extravagant and broken the monotony.