Within today, tomorrow is already walking.

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.

It is a flat'ning Thought, that the more we have seen, the less we have to say.

What is one man's gain is another's loss.

Mr. Lyell's system of geology is just half the truth, and no more. He affirms a great deal that is true, and he denies a great deal which is equally true; which is the general characteristic of all systems not embracing the whole truth.

A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.

Poetry gives most pleasure when only generally and not perfectly understood.