In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few.

Fate whirls on the bark, and the rough gale sweeps from the rising tide the lazy calm of thought.

A man's heart must be very frivolous if the possession of fame rewards the labor to attain it. For the worst of reputation is that it is not palpable or present - we do not feel or see or taste it.

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not for themselves.

My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.