Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

As what we call genius arises out of the disproportionate power and size of a certain faculty, so the great difficulty lies in harmonizing with it the rest of the character.

All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny.

If we can still love those who have made us suffer, we love them all the more.

A cunning mind emphatically delights in its own cunning, and is the ready prey of cunning.

To some characters, fame is like an intoxicating cup placed to the lips,--they do well to turn away from it who fear it will turn their heads. But to others fame is "love disguised," the love that answers to love in its widest, most exalted sense.

A bond is necessary to complete our being, only we must be careful that the bond does not become bondage.