"Wordsworth – stupendous genius! Damned fool! These poets run about their ponds though they cannot fish."

"I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week."

"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."

"I have a great love for paradox, and I believe it is the key to understanding the world."

"I have a great contempt for all cant, whether religious, political, or moral."