He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
Despair and Genius are too oft connected
Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen.
I cannot describe to you the despairing sensation of trying to do something for a man who seems incapable or unwilling to do anything further for himself.
Who then will explain the explanation?
Mark! Where his carnage and his conquests cease, He makes a solitude and calls it-peace!