I hate commas in the wrong places.

And I will show of male and female that either is but the equal of the other.

Sometimes with one I love, I fill myself with rage, for fear I effuse unreturn'd love; But now I think there is no unreturn'd love—the pay is certain, one way or another; (I loved a certain person ardently, and my love was not return'd; Yet out of that, I have written these songs.)

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long.

There will never be any more perfection than there is now.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.