"Dull,—oh so dull, so very dull! Whether he talked, wrote, or rehearsed, Still with this dulness was he cursed!"

"I am an atheist, a republican, and a lover of mankind."

"I would rather be damned with Plato and Lord Bacon, than go to heaven with Paley and Malthus."

"The man who has a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound."

"The devil is a gentleman, and you must treat him as such."