All perishable is but an allegory.

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.

A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

Art will always be art.

Give me the benefit of your convictions, if you have any; but keep your doubts to yourself, for I have enough of my own.

Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.

What you desire when young, you have in abundance when old.