Take this kiss upon the brow And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow-- You are not wrong who deem That my days have been a dream Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.

• Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
• Take this kiss upon the brow And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow-- You are not wrong who deem That my days have been a dream Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.
• All that we see and seem is but a dream within a dream.
• Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.
• I have great faith in fools; self-confidence, my friends call it.
• Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
• It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.
• I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
• I have great faith in fools -- self confidence my friends call it.
• Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.