The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist... - George Gordon Byron

"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."

"The light of love, the purity of grace,The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole —And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!"

"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."

"There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything."

"But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of."