I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect.

Stupidity is a talent for…

Drunk after one glass. They say I am susceptible.

State everything twice: once when sober, once when drunk.

I was drunk so was carried ashore. So what?

The fellow with the plum-pudding face. He sold me a cask of gin!!

(Written to Poe.): Sir. If you should come to Richmond again, and again should be an assistant in my office, it must be especially understood by us that all engagements on my part would be dissolved, the moment you get drunk.

Words are like carriage wheels. They move.

I am upset by little things.

Folks. Folks. I feel. I feel I have drunk something. This lecture cannot be given.