"No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it."
"Life consists of what man is thinking about all day."
"By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."
"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."
"He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life."
"A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking."