Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly.

Nature, through all her kingdoms, insures herself.

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

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone.

Knowledge is when you learn something new every day. Wisdom is when you let something go every day.

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.