"That man is a fool who cannot be a knave when he pleases."

"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think are the works of God with a sentiment of profoundest reverence, as the highest manifestations of the…"

"True! - nervous - very, very nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acut…"

"To be original, one must be independent of the opinions of others."

"If you determine to abandon me — here take I my farewell — Neglected — I will be doubly ambitious, & the world shall hear of the son whom you have thought unworthy of your notice."