I do not now begin, - I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast; Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad.

True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.

It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.

I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn.

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Whoever strenuously endeavors, him we can rescue.

Life's objective is life itself.