I know that pain is the one nobility / upon which Hell itself cannot encroach

“Any healthy man can go without food for two days--but not without poetry.”

“Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.”

“Above my cradle loomed the bookcase where/ Latin ashes and the dust of Greece/ …”

“Il était tard; ainsi qu'une médaille neuveLa pleine lune s'étalait,Et la solenn…”