The pioneers and missionaries of religion have been the real cause of more trouble and war than all other classes of mankind.

Perversity is the human thirst for self-torture.

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore.

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own.

The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose.

And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.