“Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives”

“There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.”

“One must not trifle with love.”

“Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.”

“Hast thou found out, Voltaire, that it is bliss to die, And does thy hideous smile over thy bleached bones fly?”

“Experience is the name men give to their follies or their sorrows.”

“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”

“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”

“Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.”