"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos."

"This, I thought, is power! Not to be strong of limb, hard of heart, ferocious, and daring; but kind, compassionate and soft."

"The event of my imagination, now in the wildest play, suggested the following train of ideas."

"Dreams are but the reflections of our waking hours."