They waste life in what are called good resolutions-partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.
Charles Robert MaturinNor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
Charles Robert MaturinThere is no error more absurd, and yet more rooted in the heart of man, than the belief that his sufferings will promote his spiritual safety.
Charles Robert Maturin