A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.
Love which economizes is never true love.
Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
Are not poets men who fulfill their hopes prematurely?
The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.