“Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects…”

“To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.”

“Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.”

“Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life.”

“For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world knows.”

“The eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing."”