Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.

I follow my heart, for I can trust it.

Man is an imitative creature.

Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession.

Art is difficult, transient is her reward.

You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.