I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.
How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey.
We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.
But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.