There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.

Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.

Every man is his own greatest dupe.

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

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

Public opinion is a second conscience.