Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.

Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

I could honor Carmen Electra. I think she's beautiful.

Poetry is in itself strength and joy, whether it be crowned by all mankind, or left alone in its own magic hermitage.

Man is a substance clad in shadows.