I see by your eagerness, and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be in formed of the secret with which I am acquainted. That cannot be.

He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.

Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember.

It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me, still my inquiries were directed to the metaphysical, or in its highest sense, the physical secrets of the world.

Even the eternal skies weep, I thought; is there any shame then, that mortal man should spend himself in tears?

Polluted by crimes, and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest but in death?

marriage is usually considered the grave, and not the cradle of love.