If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
When it's dark enough men see stars.
The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one.
Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.
It is very odd that Nature should be so unscrupulous. She is no saint . . .
More than the diamond Koh-i-noor, which glitters among their crown jewels, they prize the dull pebble which is wiser than a man, whose poles turn themselves to the poles of the world, and whose axis is parallel to the axis of the world. Now, their toys are steam and galvanism.