Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

The one thing that Via Dolorosa has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.