We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissible, for a man to cut himself off from the customs and manners of the circle in which he lives, why should it be less of a duty, in the choice of his activity, to submit his decision to the needs and the taste of his century?

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

It is not the mere station of life that stamps the value on us, but the manner in which we act our part.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

I know that we often tremble at an empty terror; yet the false fancy brings a real misery.