The masses have no habit of self-reliance or original action.

The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails.

The virtue you would like to have, assume it is already yours, appropriate it, enter into the part and live the character just as the great actor is absorbed in... the part he plays.

We shun the rugged battle of fate where strength is born.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them.

The religions of the world are the ejaculations of a few imaginative men.