As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. The louder he talked of his honesty, the quicker we counted the silverware.

And of poetry, the success is not attained when it lulls and satisfies, but when it astonishes and fires us with new endeavours after the unattainable.

The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.

One must be an inventor to read well.

Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity.

The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.