All the arts are brothers; each one is a light to the others.
We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.
Ideas are like beards; men do not have them until they grow up.
History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.
A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.