It sometimes occurs that memory has a personality of its own and volunteers or refuses its information at its will, not at mine.

When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth, his eye is as clear as the heavens. When he has base ends, and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy, and sometimes asquint.

Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.

Isolation must precede true society.

Throb thine with Nature's throbbing breast.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little.