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

The history of all the world tells us that immoral means will ever intercept good ends.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

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

Prayer is the very highest energy of which the mind is capable.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.