if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well?

The kind uncles and aunts of the race are more esteemed than its true spiritual fathers and mothers.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Equally important is the job you are working at.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

What shall we think of a government to which all the truly brave and just men in the land are enemies, standing between it and those whom it oppresses? A government that pretends to be Christian and crucifies a million Christs every day!

The poet's body even is not fed like other men's, but he sometimes tastes the genuine nectar and ambrosia of the gods, and lives adivine life. By the healthful and invigorating thrills of inspiration his life is preserved to a serene old age.