"There is a strong disposition in mankind to believe in the marvellous."

"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from d…"

"I have a great deal of what the world calls talent, but I have no application."

"If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered."

"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think are the works of God with a sentiment of profoundest reverence, as the highest manifestations of the…"