Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets.

A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.

Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination.

To die is only to be as we were before we were born; yet no one feels any remorse, or regret, or repugnance, in contemplating this last idea.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart than revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.