My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

I am not a person of opinions because I feel the counter arguments too strongly.

There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other.

A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study.

...learn from my miseries, and do not seek to increase your own.

I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.

Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.