Hence life, as through a cloud, for me I see Vanish, and to the past's dark shade 'tis chas'd; As a grand image love remains to me-- Sole remnant of ….

Time is a great ocean which, like the other ocean, overflows with our remains..

My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of t….

The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its ca….

Death, with funereal shades in vain surrounds me, My reason through his darkness seeth light: 'Tis the last step which brings me close to Thee: 'Tis ….

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion..

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues..

Thou makest the man, O Sorrow!--yes, the whole man,--as the crucible gold..

History teaches everything, even the future..

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul..

Man, it seems, is not able to bear the languid rest on Nature's bosom, and when the trumpet sounds the signal of danger, he hastens to join his comra….

There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no other eye sees it..

Nature has given women two painful but heavenly gifts, which distinguish them, and often raise them above human nature,--compassion and enthusiasm. B….

Utopias are often just premature truths..

Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts..

We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in….

The People will not allow themselves to be changed into hogs by the Circes of Atheism. Their souls will flash indignation against their transformers.….

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs..

The photographer will never replace the painter; one is a man, the other a machine. Let us compare them no longer. (1848).

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge..

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic..