"Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay."

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

"Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."

"Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God."

"Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it."

"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians."

"Belief is the death of intelligence."

"It is a subtle truth that love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude."