The essence of poetry is will and passion.
We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong.
We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.
He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.
As we are poetical in our natures, so we delight in fable.
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why.