True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.

Life grows darker as we go on, till only one pure light is left shining on it; and that is faith. Old age, like solitude and sorrow, has its revelations.

One must be a somebody before they can have an enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.

True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.

There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.

The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.