Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

The human heart has a sigh lonelier than the cry of the bittern.

The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe.

Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.