As to marriage, I think the intercourse of heart and mind may be fully enjoyed without entering into this partnership of daily life.

Woman is born for love, and it is impossible to turn her from seeking it.

With the intellect I always have always shall overcome, but that is not the half of the work. The life, the life Oh my God! shall the life never be sweet!

What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the higher instincts would bring to a finely organized human being. It may appear as prophesy or as poesy...should these faculties have free play, I believe they will open up new, deeper and purer sources of joyous inspiration than have as yet refreshed the earth.

Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.

It is so true that a woman may be in love with a woman, and a man with a man. It is pleasant to be sure of it, because it is undoubtedly the same love that we shall feel when we are angels.

Tremble not before the free man, but before the slave who has chains to break.