A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.
All writing comes by the grace of God.
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances, will not allow the realist to say in his own words, it will suffer him to say in proverbs without contradiction.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
Oh, be my friend, and teach me to be thine!