As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word.

Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.

Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.

Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back.

Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.

Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.

If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.