“I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.”

“In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)”

“If I kept trying to be what everybody wanted, I'd soon be insipid enough to fit in everywhere.”

“In omnibus requiem quaesivi, sed non inveni, nisi in hoexkens ende boexkens""I have sought everywhere for peace, but I have found it not save in a little nook and in a little book.”

“Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.”

“All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle — keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.”