"I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind."

"I have... for the metaphysical poets [William Wordsworth, etc.], as poets, the most sovereign contempt. That they have followers proves nothing."

"The value of a conundrum is in exact proportion to the extent of its demerit, and that it is only positively good when it is outrageously and scandalously absurd."

"Art is to look at not to criticize."

"Coquetry, like a regular army, but with its more formidable implements reserved in the background, is in the front and always ready for action."