The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.

He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is detestable. And it has a fascination, too, which goes to work upon him. The fascination of the abomination--you know.

Books may be written in all sorts of places. Verbal inspiration may enter the berth of a mariner on board a ship frozen fast in a river in the middle of a town.

The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealth, the germs of empires.

The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

We can never cease to be ourselves.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.