This moment's Tiber with his shining eyes Never saw Rome before. - Alice Meynell

[T]he sense of humour has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.

Let a man turn to his own childhood—no further—if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.

Now, in our opinion, no author should be blamed for obscurity; nor should any pains be grudged in the effort to understand him, provided that he has done his best to be intelligible. Difficult thoughts are quite distinct from difficult words. Difficulty of thought is the very heart of poetry.