Painting is the intermediate somewhat between a thought and a thing. — Table Talk (Coleridge)

"Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from, — as pickpockets are observed commonly to walk with their hands in their breeches pockets."

"I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in the best order."

"The Reformation in the sixteenth century narrowed Reform. As soon as men began to call themselves names, all hope of further amendment was lost."

"Poetry is certainly something more than good sense, but it must be good sense at all events; just as a palace is more than a house, but it must be a house, at least."

"The present system of taking oaths is horrible. It is awfully absurd to make a man invoke Gods wrath upon himself, if he speaks false; it is, in my judgment, a sin to do so."

"Schiller has the material sublime."