Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear; Of his strange language all I know Is, there is not a word of fear.

There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from us.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.

No good writer was ever long neglected; no great man overlooked by men equally great. Impatience is a proof of inferior strength, and a destroyer of what little there may be.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.