People of a lively imagination are generally curious, and always so when a little in love.

Let us be merciful as well as just.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves.

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.

Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.