There is a majesty and mystery in nature, take her as you will. The essence of poetry comes breathing to a mind that feels from every province of her empire.
Literature is the thought of thinking souls.
Lives the man that can figure a naked Duke of Windlestraw addressing a naked House of Lords?
A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.
History is a great dust heap.
I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it.