"Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost."

"Love, that in gentle heart is quickly learned, seized him for the fair form that was ta'en from me; And still the mode offends me."

"That day we read no more."

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."

"The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is."