There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths.

God manifests himself to us in the first degree through the life of the universe, and in the second degree through the thought of man. The second manifestation is not less holy than the first. The first is named Nature, the second is named Art.

Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

The poetic element lying hidden in most women is the source of their magnetic attraction.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity tohistory, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth.