“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

“I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.”

“A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.”

“I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.”

“Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.”

“Love is like the wild-rose briar Friendship is like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose briar blooms But which will bloom most constantly?”

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

“Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.”