"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!"
"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."
"A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound."
"There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything."
"The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the starsDid wander darkling in the eternal space."
"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep."