If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?

I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth.

Radicalism is but the desperation of logic.

Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.

The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground.

Exquisite beauty resides rather in the female form than face, where it is also more lasting.

Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.