Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting.
A pipe is a pocket philosopher,--a truer one than Socrates, for it never asks questions. Socrates must have been very tiresome, when one thinks of it.
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.
Christianity has ever been the enemy of human love.
What is failure except feebleness? And what is it to miss one's mark except to aim widely and weakly?