It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me, still my inquiries were directed to the metaphysical, or in its highest sense, the physical secrets of the world.

It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being

Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head?

Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin.

Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace.

My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell.

The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature.