"My friend, you must understand that I am a man of letters, and that is why I write."

"You are afraid of the people unrestrained-how ridiculous!"

"My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!"

"The most beautiful of Nature's works is the human being in the throes of passion."

"The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool."