"A man who has but one eye, however good that eye may be, should never be trusted."

"There are some enterprises in which a complete obnubilation of the brain seems indispensable."

"Truly, to enjoy thoroughly the true poetry of the sea, your poem must preserve all its wildest prose."

"It is better to be a dog and bay at the moon than to be a man and fear the unknown."

"The only way to be happy is to be ignorant."