The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
Truth illuminates and gives joy; and it is by the bond of joy, not of pleasure, that men's spirits are indissolubly held.
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.
The brave, impetuous heart yields everywhere to the subtle, contriving head.
How many minds--almost all the great ones--were formed in secrecy and solitude!
Art still has truth. Take refuge there.