Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

The truly sublime is always easy, and always natural.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.

Art is a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are yet to be born.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

A coward's courage is in his tongue.