Writing is busy idleness.

Rash, inexperienced youth holds itself a chosen instrument, and allows itself unbounded license.

Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much

You don't have to travel around the world to understand that the sky is blue everywhere

True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.

We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.

It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He can no more communicate his own wisdom to him than a healthy man can instil his strength into the invalid by whose bedside he is seated.