It is no wonder if Art frequently prefers Illusion to Truth: for Illusion is her servant, but Truth her mistress.
Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.
Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance.
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.
Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.