No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.

But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

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

He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.