The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
Dandyism is a variety of genius.
Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.
He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
