No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.

We live in a world of shadows, and what we call reality is only the shadow of a shadow.

I'm not trying to be cool, I'm just being me.