I am my own heaven and hell!

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

He that is over-cautious will accomplish but very little.

The universe is a thought of God.

The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear.

Even now, nature is the only flame, on which the poetic spirit feeds; from it alone it draws all its power, to it alone it speaks even in the artificial, in the man engaged in culture.

Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.