History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.

It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan.

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare... are to be found portrayed in it.

The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.