Man hazards the condition and loses the virtues of a freeman, in proportion as he accustoms his thoughts to view without anguish or shame, his lapse into the bondage of debtor.

Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.

Genius, the Pythian of the beautiful, leaves its large truths a riddle to the dull.

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

Nothing really immoral is ever permanently popular.