My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You find yourself insensibly twisting them round to fit your theories.

There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.

if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.

Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.

You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.

It is more than possible; it is probable.