In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Some of your griefs you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you’ve endured From evils that never arrived.
To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.
The music that can deepest reach and cure all ill is cordial speech.
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life.
The world belongs to the energetic.
To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars.
Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.
Every word was once a poem.
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
Love, and you shall be loved.
The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.
Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares.
If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.
Tis the good reader that makes the good book.
A man’s library is a sort of harem.
In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.
The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.