"I am a very bad man, but I have a very good heart."

"I am a very passionate man, and I cannot live without passion."

"Christ came to save men, but a good Pagan will go to heaven and a bad Nazarene to hell. If mankind who never heard or dreamt of Galilee and its Prophet may be saved, Christianity is of no avail."

"A man must serve his time to every trade. Save censure - critics are ready-made."

"If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad."