Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?

One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.

The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth, eternal Reason, Which from Beauty takes its dress, And serene through time and season Stands aye in loveliness.

Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.

The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it.

Where confidence is wanting, the most beautiful flower in the garland of love is missing.