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

Life, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive.

Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in the last, ever kept visibly distinct, while in the first it escapes from sight amid the shows of color and the curves of grace.

In every civilized society there is found a race of men who retain the instincts of the aboriginal cannibal and live upon their fellow-men as a natural food.

Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of power, and forbearance implies strength. The orator who is known to have at his command all the weapons of invective is most formidable when most courteous.

People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.

Love creates, love cements, love enters and harmonizes all things.