"Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science."

"The Gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul."

"The common growth of mother-earth Suffices me—her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears."

"The world is an open book, full of the most rare and strange things, for him who has eyes to see."

"The grand truth, that every human Being hath a creative power."