Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.

Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.

Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.

If we could do away with death, we wouldn't object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that to happen, we would reinstate it from time to time.