"I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days— All, all are gone, th…"

"For God's sake (I never was more serious), don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print."

"I have something more to do than to feel."

"Atheists, or Deists only in the name, By word or deed deny a God. They eat Their daily bread, & draw the breath of he…"

"I read your letters with my sister, and they give us both abundance of delight. Especially they please us two, when y…"

"The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street."

"Severe and saintly righteousness Composed the clear white bridal dress; Jesus, the Son of Heaven's high King Bought w…"

"Cultivate simplicity or rather should I say banish elaborateness, for simplicity springs spontaneous from the heart."

"MY dearest friend — White or some of my friends or the public papers by this time may have informed you of the terrib…"

"Please to blot out gentle hearted, and substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-ey'd, stuttering, or any…"