Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession.
There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.
I speak with the Eternal through the instrument of nature, through the world's history: I read the soul of the artist in his Apollo.
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
Death is a mighty mediator. There all the flames of rage are extinguished, hatred is appeased, and angelic pity, like a weeping sister, bends with gentle and close embrace over the funeral urn.