Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

That which is eternal in Woman lifts us above.

Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him! [Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.

A world without love would be no world.

[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.