The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.

No, no! I do nature injustice. She gave us inventive faculty, and set us naked, and helpless on the shore of this great ocean,--the world; swim those who can, the heavy may go to the bottom.

Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Day's lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death.

The mind is the eyesight of the soul.

For the world is only governed by self-interest.