"I was tempted to wallow in despair and ascribe my misfortunes to unavoidable necessity."
"How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe?"Fear
"The world was to me a secret which I desired to divulge"Knowledge
"Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me"Life
"The beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"
"A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind"Wisdom
"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition"Happiness
"I have myself become the fiend I loathe"Fear
"What does it matter if I lose a few years of life?"Time
"But success shall crown my endeavours"Success
"Science was my passion"Science
"I have murdered the lovely and the helpless"
"The study of mathematics is apt to produce a want of faith in the invisible world"Knowledge
"My devotion to my beloved was unbounded"Love
"I started from my sleep with horror"Fear
"The moon gazed on my midnight labours"Nature
"How strange I have felt, and how stranger still to express these feelings!"
"I feel as if I were walking over a precipice towards which thousands are crowding"Fear
"The mildness of the season, the beauty of the scenery, ought to have soothed my spirits"Nature
"My present feelings are nothing to what I shall endure"Fear
"I desired the company of a man who could sympathize with me"Friendship
"Horror and fatigue deprived me of sleep"Fear
"I am surrounded by a cloud of despair"Hope
"The death of my beloved was my first real sorrow"Death
"I bitterly felt the want of a friend"Friendship
"My imagination was too vivid"Imagination
"I shall endeavor to record, as I have done, the whole course of my life"Truth
"I am satisfied, miserable wretch as I am; I have no more to fear"
"The beauty of the dream vanished"
"Let him return as he will; but he cannot share in my tranquility"Peace