Every chair should be a throne and hold a king.

Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

Jesus and Shakespeare are fragments of the soul, and by love I conquer and incorporate them in my own conscious domain. His virtue,--is not that mine? His wit,--if it cannot be made mine, it is not wit.

Good criticism is very rare and always precious.

That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads, just one year afterwards.