Despair swallows up cowardice.

Dandyism is a species of genius.

If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

A situation in a public office is secure, but laborious and mechanical, and without the great springs of life, hope and fear.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.