An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage.

I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is always greater than the interest or the understanding of my auditors. You see, there is one very good thing about mankind; the mediocre masses make very few demands of the mediocrities of a higher order, submitting stupidly and cheerfully to their guidance

The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch.

I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these words

Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?

From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own.

Poetry is the disease of the brain.