“ The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness. ”

“ Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. ”

“ The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.' ”

“ You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long. ”

“ God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. ”

“ If you desire faith, then you have faith enough. ”

“ Who so loves believes the impossible. ”

“ What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality? ”

“ My sun sets to rise again. ”

“ If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only. ”