Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.

God has delegated himself to a million deputies.

I am ashamed to see what a shallow village tale our so-called history is.

Thus is man made equal to every event. He can face danger for the right. A poor, tender, painful body, he can run into flame or bullets or pestilence, with duty for his guide.

Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech.

London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.