He burned his house down for the fire insurance and spent the proceeds on a telescope.
“The trees that have it in their pent-up budsTo darken nature and be summer woods.”
“Humor is the most engaging cowardice.”
“A champion of the workingman has never been known to die of overwork.”
“The most important thing is to be strong. With strength, one can conquer others, and to conquer others gives one virtue.”
“I will be Chateaubriand or nothing.”
“Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.”
“We all have that possibility, that potential and that promise of seeing beyond the seeming.”
“The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.”
“I have had my vision.”