I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.

What are we, the inhabitants of this globe, least among the many that people infinite space? Our minds embrace infinity; the visible mechanism of our being is subject to merest accident.

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

I saw no cause for their unhappiness, but I was deeply affected by it. If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched.

the sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time.

Once a king ... it was impossible, without risk of life, to sink to a private station.

I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel.