Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife, He would have written sonnets all his life?.
Despair and Genius are too oft connected
Be hypocritical, be cautious, be not what you seem but always what you see.
War, war is still the cry,-"war even to the knife!"
I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.
There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave.