"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."

"It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night."

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

"There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion."

"All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream."