Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.

Conversation is an evanescent relation,--no more.

The cruelest foe is a masked benefactor. The wars which make history so dreary have served the cause of truth and virtue.

Friends are like spaghetti, they should stick together. The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Magic and all that is ascribed to it is a deep presentiment of the powers of science.

A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices.

Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.