When I had journeyed half of our life's way, I found myself within a shadowed forest, for I had lost the path that does not stray.

Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that the basic principle is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but few in their minds.

Doubting pleases me no less than knowing

Hope not ever to see heaven. I come to lead you to the other shore; into the eternal darkness; into fire and ice.

A rapid bolt will rend the clouds apart, and every single White be seared by wounds. I tell you this. I want it all to hurt.

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.