All doubt is cowardice - all trust is brave.

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Ere yet we yearn for what is out of our reach, we are still in the cradle. When wearied out with our yearnings, desire again falls asleep; we are on the death-bed.

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.

In solitude the passions feed upon the heart.