To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous.

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

Hatred is a heavy burden. It sinks the heart deep in the breast, and lies like a tombstone on all joys.

I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.

In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.

Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun.