The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Be lord of a day, through wisdom and justice, and you can put up your history books.

When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work , but the solidest thing we know.

The artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like the bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.

Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings.

Don't be a cynic, and bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Set down nothing that will help somebody.