I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved.

The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in those very points of superiority from which we seek comfort when regretting the unnatural character of our manners. We see that remarkable people uniting at once fullness of form and fullness of substance, both philosophising and creating, both tender and energetic, uniting a youthful fancy to the virility of reason in a glorious humanity.

The will of man is his happiness.

Life did not present its sunny side to thee.

It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.

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.

The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.