O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.

There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.

Art is a jealous mistress; and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.

When a man becomes cultivated, he develops a new respect for who he is. This causes him to be ashamed of his past identification of himself and others according to things, i.e. property.