What darkness to you is light to me

Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.

When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.

The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.

Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.