Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks he is free.

The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Live in the fields, and God will give you lectures on natural philosophy every day.

The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.

I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.

Power is in nature the essential measure of right.