"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."

"The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can."

"I have been in love with a man of my own sex, and have found him as capricious as any of the other."

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."

"I am more and more convinced that happiness is not to be found on this side of eternity."