No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.
Don't ask a poet to explain himself. He cannot.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.