False doctrine does not necessarily make a man a heretic, but an evil heart can make any doctrine heretical.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. For what is enthusiasm but the oblivion and swallowing-up of self in an object dearer than self?

This world has angels all too few, and heaven is overflowing.

Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.

The spirit of poetry, like all other living powers, must of necessity circumscribe itself by rules, were it only to unite power with beauty.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.