Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.

O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.

What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.

History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.