In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed and the boldest staggered.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar minds - success.