Philhellene

"If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom."

"Send me no more reviews of any kind. — I will read no more of evil or good in that line. — Walter Scott has not read a review of himself for thirteen years."

"A great poet belongs to no country; his works are public property, and his Memoirs the inheritance of the public."

"My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me."

"For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast."