“Never cut what you can untie”

“Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.”

“Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.”

“We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own”

“You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.”

“When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.”

“Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.”