Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge, but passes into it through an intermediate state of obscurity, even as night into day through twilight.

The devil is not, indeed, perfectly humorous, but that is only because he is the extreme of all humor.

Often do the spirits stride on before the event; and in today already walks tomorrow.

The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.

Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.

The most general definition of beauty ... Multeity in Unity.

The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.