Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.

We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

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

Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.

Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.