Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows. Return as heroes who have fought and conquered, and who know not what it is to turn their backs on the foe.

It may...be judged indecent in me to come forward on this occasion; but when I see a fellow-creature about to perish through the cowardice of her pretended friends, I wish to be allowed to speak, that I may say what I know of her character.

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

Happiness is in its highest degree the sister of goodness.

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.