"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."

"You can make anything by writing."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"I was with book, as a woman is with child"

"Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good."