A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

They are slaves who fear to speak, For the fallen and the weak.

Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.