Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession.

Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, its own avenging angel,--dark misgivings at the inmost heart.

What shall he fear that does not fear death.

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides?

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

What's old collapses, times change, And new life blossoms in the ruins.