"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"
"I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned."
"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."
"The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain."
"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."
"The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the starsDid wander darkling in the eternal space."