The heart is forever inexperienced.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.