You have a place to live in this world which no other man can occupy; hence no competitors.

Every word was once a poem. Every new relation is a new word.

All the great ages have been ages of belief.

Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself.

No performance is worth loss of geniality. 'Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.

When the literary class betray a destitution of faith, it is not strange that society should be disheartened and sensualized by unbelief.

In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold.