Who said “Is it a fact -- or have I dreamt it -- that, by means of electricity, the world of…”?

“Energy is equal to desire and purpose.”

“Energy and persistence alter all things.”

“Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.”

“If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.”

“The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.”

“Life is made up of marble and mud.”

“A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.”

“Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.”

“We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.”

“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.”

“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.”