“To be a poet is to have a heart that is always young.”

Connecting poetic imagination with emotional freshness · Prose or letter, as commonly attributed

• Joy
• Poetry

“One can never be alone enough in the country.”

Expressing the restorative appeal of solitude and rural life · Letter, as commonly attributed

• Nature
• Solitude

“The old law of ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind.”

Rejecting revenge as a means of resolving conflict · Letter or conversation, as commonly attributed

• Truth
• War

“Love is the great poet of the world.”

Suggesting that love transforms ordinary experience into imaginative vision · Prose writing, as commonly attributed

• Love
• Poetry

“A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.”

Presenting love as a renewing force that restores youth and vitality · Letters, as commonly attributed

• Joy
• Love