Love does not rule; but it trains, and that is more.

Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life!

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.

Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun.

Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

Unlimited activity, of whatever kind, must end in bankruptcy.