Illusion is brief, but repentance is long.

Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.

Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.

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.

In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.

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

I follow my heart, for I can trust it.