"I am in a state of glory; and calm; and something like wisdom."

"The world is a work of art, and I am its creator."

"My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machines — always buzzing, humming, soaring, diving, and then buried in a bog. And the only way in which I can manage it and make it work is by turning …"

"The truth is, I am not a very good person."

"Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency…"