"Love, that in gentle heart is quickly learned, seized him for the fair form that was ta'en from me; And still the mode offends me."

"There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery."

"What is love? It is the morning and the evening star."

"O you who have sound intellects, look closely at the doctrine that is hidden beneath the veil of the strange verses!"

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."