Luck is what a capricious man believes in.

Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites.

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

Everything in this world depends upon will.

The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble.