All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew.

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

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

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

The question "From where does the poet get it?" addresses only the what, nobody learns anything about the how when asking that question.

The assault of our enemies is not part of our life; it is only part of our experience; we throw it off and guard ourselves against it as against frost, storm, rain, hail, or any other of the external evils which may be expected to happen.

Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly; telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun.