“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. ”

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be”

“If you want to be loved, be lovable ”

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”

“Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are. ”

“Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love”