Despair makes victims sometimes victors.

A man's ancestry is a positive property to him.

Rarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending; each supplying the defects of the helpmate, and completing, by fusion, one strong human soul.

To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart.

Tears are akin to prayer - Pharisees parade prayers, imposters parade tears.

The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment.

Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature.