It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.

The religions we call false were once true.

The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world.

I shun father and mother and wife and brother when my genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope that it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation.

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

The sanity of society is a balance of a thousand insanity's.