If you must commit suicide - and there is no knowing to what people may be brought - always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.

Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dig…

I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people.

There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.

Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.

As you can see, I'm in good health. I have no message; just tell them, please, that I went to my death quietly and in good health.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.