There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.

The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.