"I have a great love for suffering, and I believe it is a source of strength."

"I am a very restless spirit, and I cannot find peace anywhere."

"What is life? A dream within a dream."

"If people are to live, why die? And are our carcasses worth raising? I hope, if mine is, I shall have a better pair of legs than I have moved on these two-and-twenty years, or I shall be sadly behind …"

"Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers."