The end of Man is an Action, and not a Thought, though it were the noblest?

The insignificant, the empty, is usually the loud; and after the manner of a drum, is louder even because of its emptiness.

Caution is the lower story of prudence.

Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man.

No violent extreme endures.

The vulgarity of inanimate things requires time to get accustomed to; but living, breathing, bustling, plotting, planning, human vulgarity is a species of moral ipecacuanha, enough to destroy any comfort.

Lives the man that can figure a naked Duke of Windlestraw addressing a naked House of Lords?