"I wish I could write as I feel—no, I mean as I feel in the day-time—for at night I feel like a demon."

"As a literary man, I shall be a failure."

"The author avers upon his word of honor that in commencing this work he loads a pistol, and places it upon the table."

"I have no faith in any system of education that does not cultivate the imagination."

"I have a very strong opinion that the world is going to the dogs."