Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.

Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.

Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses - that man your navy, and recruit your army - that have enabled you to defy the world, and can also defy you when neglect and calamity have driven them to despair. You may call the people a mob; but do not forget that a mob too often speaks the sentiments of the people.

Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.