Had sigh'd to many, though he loved but one.

Whenever I meet with anything agreeable in this world it surprises me so much - and pleases me so much (when my passions are not interested in one way or the other) that I go on wondering for a week to come.

Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.

But I hate things all fiction... there should always be some foundation of fact for the most airy fabric - and pure invention is but the talent of a liar.

Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.