What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to
the law.
[Lat., Quam angusta read more

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to
the law.
[Lat., Quam angusta innocentia est, ad legem bonum esse.]

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

Shall you cry because roses have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses?

Shall you cry because roses have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses?

I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.

I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am read more

I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.