Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

In the storm, like a prophet o'ermaddened, Thou singest and tossest thy branches; Thy heart with the terror is gladdened, Thou forebodest the dread avalanches.... In the calm thou o'erstretchest the valleys With thine arms, as if blessings imploring, Like an old king led forth from his palace, When his people to battle are pouring.

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.

Love lives on, and hath a power to bless when they who loved are hidden in the grave.

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.