Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

No man in the world acts up to his own standard of right.

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

The Orientals have another word for accident; it is "kismet,"--fate.

More sinners are cursed at not because we despise their sins but because we envy their success at sinning.

Great minds do indeed react on the society which has made them what they are; but they only pay with interest what they have received.

Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.