“The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.”

Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse.

Innocence has a friend in heaven.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions of us, forms our true honor.

To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

The victor is often vanquished by his own success.

One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.

Appearance should never attain reality, And if nature conquers, then must art retire.

Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.

O the eye’s light is a noble gift of Heaven! All beings live from light, each fair created thing; the very plants turn with a joyful transport to the light.

Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.

If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.

Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.

Cowards have done good and kind actions, but a coward never pardoned.

Man is an imitative creature.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

As soon as I have begun to fear I have ceased to fear.

Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

To be alone is the fate of all great minds – a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.

Believe in yourself, know that you are great. Keep taking steps forward CHOOSE to run into fate.

What a magical spell those stars cast, making us believe we were written for them.

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.

You flowed into me so delicately, like a beautiful twist of fate. I inspired you as you moved me in an alluring turn of phrase.

We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.