Not one man in five cycles, who is wise, will expect appreciative recognition from his fellows, or any one of them.

War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.

Our souls belong to our bodies, not our bodies to our souls.

The drama's done. Why then here does any one step forth? — Because one did survive the wreck.

The entire merit of a man can never be made known; nor the sum of his demerits, if he have them. We are only known by our names; as letters sealed up, we but read each other's superscriptions.

Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe.

When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean’s skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.