There is nothing in life so irrational, that good sense and chance may not set it to rights; nothing so rational, that folly and chance may not utterly confound it.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Character is constructed amidst the tempests of the World

The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

The world is so great and rich, and life so full of variety, that you can never lack occasions for poems.

And those whom once my song had cheered and gladdened, If still they live, rove through the world now saddened.