Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.

The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.

You cannot make a cheap palace.

All history is the decline of war, though the slow decline. All that society has yet gained is mitigation; the doctrine of the right of war still remains.

It is the last lesson of modern science, that the highest simplicity of structure is produced, not by few elements, but by the highest complexity.

If we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who is readyto sell all and join the crusade, could have any certificate that to-morrow his prophet shall not unsay his testimony!

Money often costs too much, and power and pleasure are not cheap.