"Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, the Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life."

"Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company."

"If she had been a few years younger, what a fool she would have made of me had she thought it worth her while."

"I have a great love for animals, and I prefer them to human beings."

"I am a lover of liberty, and I cannot bear to see it trampled under foot."