He who cannot exaggerate is not qualified to utter truth.
We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.
We do not live by justice, but by grace.
This life we live is a strange dream, and I don't believe at all any account men give of it.
To speak or do anything that shall concern mankind, one must speak and act as if well, or from that grain of health which he has left.
Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.