“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it”

“We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”

“Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.”

“It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar”

“Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect”

“Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances”