But metre itself implies a passion , i.e. a state of excitement, both in the Poet's mind, & is expected in that of the Reader.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

They seek each other out, these people of such specific like mind. They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic.

If you love people, you take them on trust.

I know some lonely houses off the road A robber'd like the look of,-- Wooden barred, And windows hanging low

We live in a world where people say that you can believe anything you want about God.

There are the goods; if you want them, you can have them. If you do not want them, they would almost rather that you did not come and talk about them.

I know many people have said it before, but there is nothing a cup of coffee and a new pair of shoes can't fix!

The human race consists of the damned and the ought-to-be damned.

The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.

Ridiculous stuff happens when I travel.

On historical you take the known facts, dramatize them, and then stitch them together by invention. It's a projective thing.