There comes a period of the imagination to each--a later youth--the power of beauty, the power of looks, of poetry.

America is another name for opportunity.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed in the word politics ....?

Let us learn to live coarsely, dress plainly, and lie hard. The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good effects not easily estimated.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.

Tis weak and vicious people who cast the blame on Fate. The right use of Fate is to bring up our conduct to the loftiness of nature.

Now every one must do after his kind, be he asp or angel, and these must.