To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past. This is what I undertake to do for you, reader.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.