Rules and models destroy genius and art.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.

The wretched are in this respect fortunate, that they have the strongest yearning after happiness; and to desire is in some sense to enjoy.

Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it

Within my heart is lurking suspicion, and base fear, and shame and hate; but above all, tyrannous love sits throned, crowned with her graces, silent and in tears.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.