A time will come, and soon, when, from mere habit, you will echo the scream of every delirious wretch that harbors near you; then you will pause, cla…

- Charles Robert Maturin

It is actually possible to become amateurs in suffering.

- Charles Robert Maturin

Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.

- Charles Robert Maturin

They waste life in what are called good resolutions-partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.

- Charles Robert Maturin

Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.

- Charles Robert Maturin

The soul shares not the body's test.

- Charles Robert Maturin

The fountain of my heart dried up within me,-- With nought that loved me, and with nought to love, I stood upon the desert earth alone. And in that d…

- Charles Robert Maturin

A malady Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.

- Charles Robert Maturin

There is no error more absurd, and yet more rooted in the heart of man, than the belief that his sufferings will promote his spiritual safety.

- Charles Robert Maturin