To be great is to be misunderstood.
I find nothing in fables more astonishing than my experience in every hour. One moment of a man's life is a fact so stupendous as to take the luster out of fiction.
Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.
A friend may be nature's most magnificent creation.
What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love.
The highest Beauty should be plain set.