It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.
Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.
This is no time to be making new enemies.
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.