There is a nobility in the world of manners.
Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
He that is over-cautious will accomplish but very little.
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.
The victor is often vanquished by his own success.