"Now will I, in my old way, discover the whole and real truth of the matter to him, that he may not suspect one word on’t."

"I'd rather live in the gutter embracing reality than live like a king embracing unreality."

"'If the scholars remains silent the grounds of dissimulation , and the ignorant do not know, when will the …"

"Through the means just specified, aided perhaps by others as yet undiscovered, man has been raised to his p…"

"But were this world ever so perfect a production, it must still remain uncertain, whether all the excellenc…"

"To the mistress of all true adventurers!" he whispered, choking on his own blood. "To the Lady Death!"

"Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?"