“What a strange creature is a laughing fool,As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth.”

“O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions.”

“Princes give rewards with their own hands,But death or punishment by the hands of other.”

“Take it for words. O womans poor revenge,Which dwells but in the tongue!”

“Through darkness diamonds spread their richest light.”

“Oft gay and honoured robes those tortures try: We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry.”

“To the wizard death is merely a belief.”

“Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I ...”

“Theres no such thing as negative energy on the spiritual plane. It is an illusion. All negative energy comes from the ego. What we call negative experiences are only contradictions of the human ego...”