The present is an edifice which God cannot rebuild.
I am Defeated all the time, yet to Victory I am born.
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.
In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended.
We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly.
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well.