Greatness, as we daily see it, is unsociable.
It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.
Vast objects of remote altitude must be looked at a long while before they are ascertained. Ages are the telescope tubes that must be lengthened out for Shakespeare; and generations of men serve but a single witness to his claims.
Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man; it is his love.
Moroseness is the evening of turbulence.
What is reading but silent conversation?