I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.

All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou are bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us.

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

In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought that the same cause should produce such opposite effects.

I am malicious because I am miserable

If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.

Once a king ... it was impossible, without risk of life, to sink to a private station.