I have the capacity of being more wicked than any example that man could set me.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

Every existence above a certain rank has its singular points; the higher the rank the more of them. At these points, influences whose physical magnitude is too small to be taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance.

I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more.

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.