“He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.”

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”

“In science, mistakes always precede the truth.”

“Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man.”

“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.”

“I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”