A Man Of Maxims Only Is Like

A Poet Ought Not To Pick Nature's Pocket. Let Him Borrow, And So Borrow As To Repay By The Very Act Of Borrowing. Examine Nature Accurately, But Write From Recollection, And Trust More To The Imagination Than The Memory.

The Fastidious Taste Will Find Offence In The Occasional Vulgarisms, Or What We Now Call Slang, Which Not A Few Of Our Writers Seem To Have Affected.

Everyone Should Have Two Or Three Hives Of Bees. Bees Are Easier To Keep Than A Dog Or A Cat. They Are More Interesting Than Gerbils.

To Be Beloved Is All I Need, And Whom I Love, I Love Indeed.

Carved With Figures Strange And Sweet, All Made Out Of The Carver's Brain.