“What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?”

“What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?”

“These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night's arms.”

“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”

“When love is not madness, it is not love.”

“One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.”

“For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.”

“What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.”

“When love is not madness it is not love.”

“For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.”

“one may know how to gain victory, and know not how to use it”