It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another's woe.
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
For style beyond the genius never dares.
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.