The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.

Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.

for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.

When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean’s skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.

The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.

Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall.