There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a certain depth in the sea; but in the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

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.

Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get intellectual bread.

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.