The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it.

If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?

If there be not a religious element in the relations of men, such relations are miserable and doomed to ruin.

They only are wise who know that they know nothing.

With respect to duels, indeed, I have my own ideas. Few things in this so surprising world strike me with more surprise. Two little visual spectra of men, hovering with insecure enough cohesion in the midst of the unfathomable, and to dissolve therein, at any rate, very soon, make pause at the distance of twelve paces asunder; whirl around, and simultaneously by the cunningest mechanism, explode one another into dissolution; and, offhand, become air, and non-extant--the little spitfires!