A determined man, by his very attitude and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer.

If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument

Between cultivated minds the first interview is the best.

Something is wanting to science until it has been humanised.

The last change in our point of view gives the whole world a pictorial air.

The State is a poor, good beast who means the best: it means friendly.

But I go with my friend to the shore of our little river, and with one stroke of the paddle, I leave the village politics and personalities, yes, and the world of villages and personalities behind, and pass into a delicate realm of sunset and moonlight, too bright almost for spotted man to enter without novitiate and probation.