When I walk up the piazza of Santa Croce I feel as if it were not a Florentine nor an European church but a church built by and for the human race.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

We are all wise for other people, none for himself.

There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.

The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.

We surround ourselves with the true image of ourselves.