"All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream."

"The universe is a sphere whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere."

"The author avers upon his word of honor that in commencing this work he loads a pistol, and places it upon the table."

"It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night."

"The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world."