Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their...
With me poetry has not been a purpose but a passion.
I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
It is the nature of truth in general as of some ores in particular to be...
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against...
We loved with a love that was more than love.
Man's real life is happy chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon...
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the...
The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this at any time it can be quietly...
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who...
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself...
It is by no means an irrational fancy that in a future existence we shall...
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute...
All religion my friend is simply evolved out of fraud fear greed...
I have great faith in fools self-confidence my friends call it.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will...
Experience has shown and a true philosophy will always show that a vast...
I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery they might not like that book quite as much.