Liberty - eternal spirit of the chainless mind
Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.
I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned.
This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction.
I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.
My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.