"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

"Nemo me impune lacessit."

"With me, poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not be profaned by a superficial interest."

"The true genius is a man who can say what he likes without being understood."

"It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood."