"I am a creature of impulse, and I cannot resist the temptation of a new idea."

"I have drunken deep of joy, and I will taste no other wine tonight."

"I love all waste and solitary places; where we taste the pleasure of believing what we see is boundless, as we feel our affections."

"Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race."

"The soul's joy lies in doing."