I have never known a greater miracle, or monster, than myself.

No spiritual mind remains within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its own strength.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not the things themselves.

The bitterness of the potion, and the abhorrence of the patient are necessary circumstances to the operation. It must be something to trouble and disturb the stomach that must purge and cure it.

It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it.

A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself.