In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imaginative people.

The canter is a cure for every evil.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honors or of wealth.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear.

The conduct of men depends upon their temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.