1. “The mind of man is a thousand times more beautiful than the earth on which he dwells.”
2. “With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.”
3. “Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.”
4. “We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.”
5. “From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.”
6. “Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge; it is impassioned expression which is the countenance of all science”
7. “Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.”
8. “Poetry is the image of man and nature.”
9. “The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition.”
10. “All that we behold is full of blessings.”
11. “The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.”
12. “Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.”
13. “Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than we soar.”
14. “The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.”
15. “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”
16. “Poetry is spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”
17. “Faith is passionate intuition.”
18. “What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.”
19. “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
20. “Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge- it is as immortal as the heart of man.”
