Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive.

Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.

If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

I hate all explanations; they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both.

The rogue has everywhere the advantage.

Man errs as long as he strives.

The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.