William Godwin

"In the graver and more sentimental communication of man and man, the head still bears the superior sway; in the unreserved intimacies of man and woman, the heart is ever uppermost. Feeling is the main thing, and judgment passes for little."

"Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain."

"It is necessary for him who would endure existence with patience that he should conceive himself to be something - that he should be persuaded he is not a cipher in the muster-roll of man."

"Justice is the sum of all moral duty."

"Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much."

"Love conquers all difficulties, surmounts all obstacles, and effects what to any other power would be impossible."