Religion, richest favor of the skies.

The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.

As if the world and they were hand and glove.

Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.