Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd.
Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you beat them, the more tender they become.
Scorching my seared heart with a pain, not hell shall make me fear again.
Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.
There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence, my friends call it.
Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them.