"If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom."

"We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive."

"If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad."

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

"The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain."