The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits.

So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.

The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

If I love in thee, beloved, only what thou lovest most, do not be angry; for so one spirit is enamoured of another.

Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!

Dear to me is sleep: still more, being made of stone, While pain and guilt still linger here below, Blindness and numbness--these please me alone; Then do not wake me, keep your voices low.