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And dreams in their development have breath,
And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy;
They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts,
They take a weight from off our waking toils,
They do divide our being.

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[Poetry] is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.

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But words are things; and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

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A man, to be greatly good, must magine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and in many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

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Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

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...For the unquiet heart and brain,
A use in measured language lies.

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My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends,
It gives a lovely light.

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I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.

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By the work one knows the workmen.

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One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.

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