"I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel."

"We never do what we wish when we wish it, and when we desire a thing earnestly, and it does arrive, that or we are changed, so that we slide from the summit of our wishes and find ourselves where we w…"

"When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?"

"What is there in our nature that is forever urging us on towards pain and misery?"

"Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it."