When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

If the propositions of this Discourse are tenable, the "state of progressive collapse" is precisely that state in which alone we are warranted in considering All Things.

One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him.

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!

The unity of effect or impression is a point of the greatest importance. It is clear, moreover, that this unity cannot be thoroughly preserved in productions whose perusal cannot be completed at one sitting.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?