Before Turner there was no fog in London.

She lives the poetry she cannot write.

To shut one's eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.

The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.

I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.

If God wished to punish us, all he would need to do would be to answer our prayers.