Cowardice shuts the eyes till the sky is not larger than a calf-skin: shuts the eyes so that we cannot see the horse that is running away with us; worse, shuts the eyes of the mind and chills the heart.

All life is a nap. The more naps you take the better.

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.

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

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

Our prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life. People only see what they are prepared to see.