There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very high opinion of the sex. But yet, I always feel in better humor with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken.

I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Hearts will break - yet brokenly, live on.

The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.

I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.