“Poetry is the greatest literature, and pleasure in poetry is the greatest of literary pleasures. It is also the least easy to attain and there are some people who never do attain it.”

“Not the poem which we have read, but that to which we return, with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims the name of essential poetry.”

“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

“Rural poetry is the pleasure ground of those who live in cities.”

“Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.”

“Poetry has been the longest pleasure of my life.”

“The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose.”

“Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.”

“Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.”