"My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free."

"I am a creature of fine sensations, but I am also a creature of terrible imperfections."

"How dreadful it is, to emerge from the oblivion of slumber, and to receive as a good morrow the mute wailing of one's own hapless heart - to return from the land of deceptive dreams to the heavy knowl…"

"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!"

"I have often thought that the world is a vast prison, where the greater part of mankind are condemned to wear their fetters."