"I had been the author of unutterable evils."

"White paper - wilt thou be my confident? I will trust thee fully, for none shall see what I write."

"What is there in our nature that is forever urging us on towards pain and misery?"

"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."

"We never do what we wish when we wish it, and when we desire a thing earnestly, and it does arrive, that or we are changed, so that we slide from the summit of our wishes and find ourselves where we w…"