"Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails " — Euripides

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay

Source: Paracelsus (1835)

All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time

Source: The Builders, The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

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