My own mind began to grow, watchful with anxoius thoughts.

I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom all men disowned?

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility.

My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading.

Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.

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

The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their own defence before they are condemned.