Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.

Civil war.... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as "foreign war"? Was not all warfare between men warfare between brothers?

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.

Morality is truth in full bloom.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

We would be ashamed of our best behavior if the people knew the motives of our behaving so.

A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer; that is as simple as the law of the complementary colours. What we lack attracts us. Nobody loves the light like the blind man.