Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.
The multitude of the sick shall not make us deny the existence of health.
Do what you fear and your fear will die.
Fear is cruel and mean. The political reigns of terror have been reigns of madness and malignity,--a total perversion of opinion;society is upside down, and its best men are thought too bad to live.
You will think me very pedantic, gentlemen, but holiday though it may be, I have not the smallest interest in any holiday, except as it celebrates real and not pretended joys.