And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.
How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!
Lord help my poor soul.
By undue profundity we perplex and enfeeble thought; and it is possible to make even Venus herself vanish from the firmament by a scrutiny too sustained, too concentrated, or too direct.