“Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it”

“Nothing ever becomes real 'til it is experienced.”

“Nor do we merely feel these essences for one short hour no, even as these trees that whisper round a temple become soon dear as the temples self, so does the moon, the passion posey, glories infinite, Haunt us till they become a cheering light unto our souls and bound to us so fast, that wheather there be shine, or gloom o'er cast, They always must be with us, or we die.”

“There is an old saying "well begun is half done" - 'tis a bad one. I would use instead, "Not begun at all till half done;" so according to that I have not begun my Poem and consequently (a priori) can say nothing about it.”

“My mind has been the most discontented and restless one that ever was put into a body too small for it.”

“I have a habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am now leading a posthumous existence.”

“There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.”