There is no easy path leading out of life and few are the easy ones that lie within it.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Going against the storm requires strength, energy and a will to succeed.

Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.

Becoming an empathetic listener helps you to better understand how another person feels and why they communicate as they do.

Acceptance” is the most beautiful word in the English language.

When we can begin to take our failures non-seriously it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

I consider poetry very subordinate to moral and political science.

Dinner with water is dinner for prisoners

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.

Fashion is so subjective, and I think it should be playful.

Kierkegaard was once asked, 'What is a poet?' He answered that a poet was an unhappy man whose moans and cries of anguish were transformed into ravishing music.