Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory. music
The great instrument of moral good is the imagination. imagination
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect. food
Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things. imagination
Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves. nature
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. sadness
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. poetry
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. poetry
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. best & poetry
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. war
Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar. beauty & poetry
Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age. aging
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man. history
Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness. religion
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. Valentine's Day
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. fear & the future
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted. poetry
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker. money
Death is the veil which those who live call life They sleep, and it is lifted. death