"In secret we met -In silence I grieve,That thy heart could forget,Thy spirit deceive.If I should meet theeAfter long years,How should I greet thee? -With silence and tears"
"She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes..."
"We are all the fools of time and terror: DaysSteal on us and steal from us; yet we live,Loathing our life, and dreading still to die."
"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."
"There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything."
"If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad."