Experience is only half of experience.

People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody.

Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.

Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

We are pantheists when we study nature, polytheists when we write poetry, monotheists in our morality.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.