"O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death."

"Marriage is a covenant, not a sacrament."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n."

"He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things."

"The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day."