“Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.”
“Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.”
“A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.”
“Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.”
“Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.”
“Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.”
“There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.”
“Philosophers call God ''the great unknown'' ''The great misknown'' is more like it!”
“Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.”
“There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.”