The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

I call to mind flatness and dampness; and then all is madness - the madness of a memory which busies itself among forbidden things.

When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.

You will observe that the stories told are all about money-seekers, not about money-finders.

Reality is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it

How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!

The unity of effect or impression is a point of the greatest importance. It is clear, moreover, that this unity cannot be thoroughly preserved in productions whose perusal cannot be completed at one sitting.