The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody.
Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom.
He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has.
To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.
We must bear what Heaven sends.
Sentimental poetry differs from naive poetry in that it relates the real state at which the latter stops to ideas and applies ideas to that reality.