Preparations are good in life, prologues ruinous.
We cannot have expression till there is something to be expressed.
When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.
Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.
Wine is earth's answer to the sun.
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. As far as an amiable disposition and powers of entertainment make you so, it is a happiness; but if there is one grain of plausibility, it is poison.