We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author.

Alas! when passion is both meek and wild!

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

When it is moving on luxurious wings, The soul is lost in pleasant smotherings.

There is an old saying "well begun is half done"-'tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all 'til half done.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.