Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.
The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. - Cole...
Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.
The cup of life was poisoned forever, and although the sun shone upon me, as upon the happy and gay of heart, I saw around me nothing but a dense and frightful darkness, penetrated by no light but the...
My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed.
The beginning is always today.
My dreams were all my own I accounted for them to nobody they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.
My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.
So much does suffering blunt even the coarsest sensations of men
The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.
I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.
The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.
I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.
I also became a poet, and for one year lived in a Paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might obtain a niche in the temple where the names of Homer and Shakespeare are consecrated.
My imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vivdness far beyond the usual bounds of reverie....
nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose
There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other.
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my au...