The whole value of the dime is in knowing what to do with it.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Every man is actually weak, and apparently strong. To himself, he seems weak; to others, formidable.

Divine persons are character born, or, to borrow a phrase from Napoleon, they are victory organized.

Some eyes threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, and others are as insulting as hissing or kicking; some have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into.

We wake from one dream into another dream.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.