Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.
A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.
Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
The only cure for grief is action.
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.