Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. travel
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. time
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. truth
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. forgiveness
Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. art & beauty
The hours of folly are measured by the clock but of wisdom, no clock can measure. wisdom
The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. travel
Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. love
Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. religion
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. friendship
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. life
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. men
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. morning
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. truth
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. thankful & Thanksgiving
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. wisdom
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal the good one really does. greatness
Active Evil is better than Passive Good. being good
Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. happiness
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. forgiveness & religion
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. business
Opposition is true friendship. friendship
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? sadness
The true method of knowledge is experiment. knowledge
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. God
Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. sympathy
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. imagination
Exuberance is beauty. beauty
The weak in courage is strong in cunning. courage
Eternity is in love with the productions of time. time
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. greatness & men
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. art, death & science