Every other species of talent carries with it its eternity; we enjoy the work of the poet, the painter, the sculptor, only as thousands will do after us; but the actor - his memory is with his generation, and that passes away.

The fearless make their own way.

A preface is a species of literary luxury, where an author, like a lover, is privileged to be egotistical.

Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

in came ... a baby, eloquent as infancy usually is, and like most youthful orators, more easily heard than understood.

no hour arrives so soon as the one we dread.

Confidence is its own security.