Divine persons are character born, or, to borrow a phrase from Napoleon, they are victory organized.
Genius, even, as it is the greatest good, is he greatest harm.
Oxford is a little aristocracy in itself, numerous and dignified enough to rank with other estates in the realm; and where fame and secular promotion are to be had for study, and in a direction which has the unanimous respect of all cultivated nations.
Every man is an impossibility until he is born.
The powers of the Soul are commensurate with its needs.
Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics, science or manners, which it will not bear.