I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
Eternity forbids thee to forget.
Think'st thou existence doth depend on time? It doth; but actions are our epochs.
I speak not of men's creedsโthey rest between Man and his Maker.
This sort of adoration of the real is but a heightening of the beau ideal.
My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.