The finest wits have their sediment.
The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
I see my trees repair their boughs.
All ages of belief have been great; all of unbelief have been mean.
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.