Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe.

We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.

Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?

If I am the devil's child, I will live then, by the devil.

So far as a person thinks; they are free.