"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race."

"I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body."

"White paper - wilt thou be my confident? I will trust thee fully, for none shall see what I write."

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

"I have often thought that the world is a vast prison, where the greater part of mankind are condemned to wear their fetters."