"And from the bliss of Eden brought no more But tears for such as there had lived before."

"A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."

"And the fair Sex, whose chief delight is to be thought of, and who, for that reason, love to live in the midst of a crowd, and to be admired by all, cannot but be displeased at a solitude, which depri…"

"How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns."

"No light, but rather darkness visible."