"I am not a believer in the divine right of kings."

"I have been so beset, and so worried, and so torn by the anxiety of this new book, that I have been made ill by it."

"I am a man who can be very patient, or very impatient, as occasion serves."

"I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time."

"The older I grow, the more I dislike the cant of all kinds, and especially religious cant."