As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.

...for her whom in life thou dids't abhor, in death thou shalt adore

The Romans worshipped their standard; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one tenth of an eagle,--a dollar, but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion.

There are two bodies - the rudimental and the complete; corresponding with the two conditions of the worm and the butterfly. What we call "death," is but the painful metamorphosis. Our present incarnation is progressive, preparatory, temporary. Our future is perfected, ultimate, immortal. The ultimate life is the full design.

Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.

Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.