War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. war
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. best & poetry
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted. poetry
Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar. beauty & poetry
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. Valentine's Day
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man. history
Death is the veil which those who live call life They sleep, and it is lifted. death
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. sad
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect. food
Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things. imagination
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. poetry
The great instrument of moral good is the imagination. imagination
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. fear & future
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker. money
Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory. music
Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves. nature
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. poetry
Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness. religion
Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age. age