Edward Dowden

Browning's tragedies are tragedies without villains.

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.