Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
It is not dying, but living, that is a preparation for Death.
The spirit is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
All I can say about my mind is that, like a fire carefully laid by a good housemaid, it is one that any match will light.
His modesty amounts to deformity.