Opposition to a man in love is like oil to fire.
There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats.
No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.
Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting.
Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something.
The radical defect in Christianity is that it tried to win the world by a bribe, and it has become a nullity.