Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

In the earliest ages science was poetry, as in the later poetry has become science.

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.

The intellect has only one failing, which, to be sure, is a very considerable one. It has no conscience.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

It is not without reason that fame is awarded only after death. The cloud-dust of notoriety which follows and envelops the men who drive with the wind bewilders contemporary judgment.