The effective strength of sects is not to be ascertained merely by counting heads.

In every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues.

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems.

We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary.

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.