All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.
I do not speak of what I cannot praise.
Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky.
One usually thinks people to be more dangerous than they are.
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.
Hatred is a heavy burden. It sinks the heart deep in the breast, and lies like a tombstone on all joys.