"To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears."

"I am not a metaphysician, but a simple-minded man."

"My mind has been in a state of agitation, which I have not experienced for many years."

"The human mind is capable of being excited without the application of gross and violent stimulants."

"A Poet, in order to be a good Poet, must be a man of feeling, and a man of thought."