There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.

Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises.

It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion.

Men are respectable only as they respect.

The poet's habit of living should be set on a key so low that the common influences should delight him.

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.