Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love.

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe when, in consequence of this detection, be presumes to place himself on a level with genius.

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one

Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.