There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures.

Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.

Where imperfection ceaseth, heaven begins.

Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.

We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life.

Life is as serious a thing as death.