No author is a man of genius to his publisher.

No author is a man of genius to his publisher.

Human misery is too great for men to die without faith.

The dragon-fly is dancing, - Is on the water glancing, She flits about with nimble wing, The flickering, fluttering, restless thing. Besotted chafers all admire Her light-blue, gauze-like, neat attire; They laud her blue complexion, And think her shape perfection.

God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.

Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all.