Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing.

To me there is in happiness an element of self-forgetfulness. You lose yourself in something outside yourself when you are happy; just as when you are desperately miserable you are intensely conscious of yourself, are a solid little lump of ego weighing a ton.

Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever

But it is not given to every electrician to die in so glorious a manner as the justly envied Richmann.

I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I have ever met with.

It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing.