The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn.

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.

I have learned much from disease which life could have never taught me anywhere else.

The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.

You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.

Sceptics are yet the most credulous.