Futurity is impregnable to mortal ken: no prayer pierces through heaven's adamantine walls. Whether the birds fly right or left, whatever be the aspect of the stars, the book of nature is a maze, dreams are a lie, and every sign a falsehood.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

If you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all. If you have never seen joy in a beautiful face, you have never seen joy at all.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Heaven and earth fight in vain against a dunce!

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.