That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective.

It is often the easiest move that completes the game.

Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame - to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell.

I believe that there is much less difference between the author and his works than is currently supposed; it is usually in the physical appearance of the writer,--his manners, his mien, his exterior,--that he falls short of the ideal a reasonable man forms of him--rarely in his mind.

In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations--fear.