There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
Where's the snow That fell the year that's fled--where's the snow?
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.
Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.
The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.
For a ballad's a thing you expect to find lies in.
The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author.
You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.
Looking at God instantly reduces our disposition to dissent from our brother.
I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a blank canvas.