Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals; but try to be faithful and natural: remember that there is no greatness, no beauty, which does not come from truth to your own knowledge of things; and keep on working, even if your work is not long remembered.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

If ever the public was betrayed by its press, it's ours.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.