"All the pious deeds performed on Earth can never entitle a man to everlasting happiness."

"I am a lover of liberty, and I cannot bear to see it trampled under foot."

"Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure."

"I have a passion for solitude, and for ghosts."

"If she had been a few years younger, what a fool she would have made of me had she thought it worth her while."