"I have a great love for nature, and I find solace in its beauty."

"I have a great passion for the sea, and I would rather live on a ship than on land."

"Curiosity kills itself; And love is only curiosity, as is proved by its end."

"I have a great contempt for public opinion, and I always have."

"All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage; The future states of both are left to faith."