A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.

A man's religion consists, not of the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but of the few he is assured of and has no need of effort for believing.

Our very walking is an incessant falling; a falling and a catching of ourselves before we come actually to the pavement. It is emblematic of all things a man does.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

He that will not work according to his faculty, let him perish according to his necessity: there is no law juster than that.

No mortal has a right to wag his tongue, much less to wag his pen, without saying something.