“I allude to the marvellous power which the mind possesses during sleep of re-creating the same images over and over with no exercise of memory on the part of the dreamer.”

Reflecting on the mysterious recurrence of imagery in dreams · Essay, A Sixty-Drop Dose of Laudanum, Drop 20

• Art
• Memory

“Hurricanes are most inclined to prostrate mud hovels: they can only rage impotently around the pyramid whose apex kisses heaven.”

Using a vivid image to contrast fragile and steadfast character · Essay, A Sixty-Drop Dose of Laudanum, Drop 18

• Hope
• Strength

“If every individual were to develop his inmost dispositions to the world in writing, publishers would undoubtedly realise large fortunes by the novelties wherewith we should see the press teeming.”

Suggesting that every private mind contains material of genuine novelty · Essay, A Sixty-Drop Dose of Laudanum, Drop 15

• Art
• Truth