"I have a very strong belief in the transmigration of souls."

"From childhood's hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring."

"I have a profound contempt for the rabble."

"I am a man of the world, and have seen much of its evil. I have also seen something of its good."

"I have been guilty of many follies, but I have never been guilty of a great crime."