The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
Edgar Allan PoePhilosophers have often held dispute As to the seat of thought in man and brute For that the power of thought attends the latter My friend, thy beau, hath made a settled matter, And spite of dogmas current in all ages, One settled fact is better than ten sages. (O,Tempora! O,Mores!)
Edgar Allan PoeA fool, for example, thinks Shakespeare a great poet . . . yet the fool has never read Shakespeare.
Edgar Allan PoeYou will observe that the stories told are all about money-seekers, not about money-finders.
Edgar Allan Poe