If in many of my productions terror has been the thesis, I maintain that terror is not of Germany, but of the soul.
Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man.
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
If you are ever drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations.
I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.