Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought.

Greatness once and forever has down with opinion.

Consistency is the bugbear that frightens little minds.

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.

The highest virtue is always against the law.

And last of all, high over thought, in the world of morals, Fate appears as vindicator, levelling the high, lifting the low, requiring justice in man, and always striking soon or late when justice is not done. What is useful will last, what is hurtful will sink.

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.