Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.
There is such a thing as the pressure of darkness.
It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty!
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.
If a man has his throat cut in Paris, it's a murder. If 50,000 people are murdered in the east, it is a question.