"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…"

"In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost."

"I am not mad; I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."

"A novelist, for example, need have no care of his moral. It is there -- that is to say, it is somewhere -- and the moral and the critics can take care of themselves. When the proper time arrives, all …"

"I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was glorious."