Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

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 nothing had, and yet enough for youth--Joy in Illusion, ardent thirst for Truth. Give unrestrained, the old emotion, The bliss that touched the verge of pain, The strength of Hate, Love's deep devotion,--O, give me back my youth again!

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is always right, and the errors are always those of man.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.