I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King. And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it.

Clouds of black birds rose up wailing and screaming, like the thoughts of my heart.

I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King. And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it.

It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.

One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.

All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.

By her shining and her power he knew her.