Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.

There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.

Those who have much are often greedy. Those who have little always share.

Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

There is no Mystery so great as Misery.