The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.
The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.
Love truth, but pardon error.
We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.