"I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly."

"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos."

"This, I thought, is power! Not to be strong of limb, hard of heart, ferocious, and daring; but kind, compassionate and soft."

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

"My heart was full of a thousand conflicting emotions."