There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.

There are evil spirits who suddenly fix their abode in man's unguarded breast, causing us to commit devilish deeds, and then, hurrying back to their native hell, leave behind the stings of remorse in the poisoned bosom.

Uncommon men require no common trust; give him but scope and he will set the bounds.

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, its own avenging angel,--dark misgivings at the inmost heart.

Individual character is in the right that is in strict consistence with itself. Self-contradiction is the only wrong.