Poetry Should Describe Itself, And Always Be

Good Drama Must Be Drastic.

In Order To Be Able To Write Well Upon A Subject, One Must Have Ceased To Be Interested In It; The Thought Which Is To Be Soberlyexpressed Must Already Be Entirely Past And No Longer Be One's Actual Concern.

Wit Is Absolutely Sociable Spirit Or Aphoristic Genius.

Eternal Life And The Invisible World Are Only To Be Sought In God. Only Within Him Do All Spirits Dwell. He Is An Abyss Of Individuality, The Only Infinite Plenitude.

True Love Should Be, According To Its Origin, Entirely Arbitrary And Entirely Accidental At The Same Time; It Should Seem Both Necessary And Free; In Keeping With Its Nature, However, It Should Be Both Destiny And Virtue And Appear As A Mystery And A Miracle.