Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses.
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.
Logic is the art of convincing us some truth.
He who excels in his art so as to carry it to the utmost height of perfection of which it is capable may be said in some measure to go beyond it: his transcendent productions admit of no appellations.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.