Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; nay, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it, the greater its effect.

You can put up with everything in this world except not with a long stretch of beautiful days.

The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.

The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies

Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.

Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire.