Passion is Love's blind guide, but the only one he hath.
As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word.
If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.
In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.
Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.
Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.