Show me one couple unhappy merely on account of their limited circumstances, and I will show you ten who are wretched from other causes.

Chance is but the pseudonym of God for those particular cases, which he does not choose to acknowledge openly with his own sign manual.

To see him act is like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning.

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.

A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a "principle" carries knowledge within itself, and is prospective.