One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.

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

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

What is life without the radiance of love?

Death is a mighty mediator. There all the flames of rage are extinguished, hatred is appeased, and angelic pity, like a weeping sister, bends with gentle and close embrace over the funeral urn.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past.