» They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak.
» The idol is the measure of the worshipper.
» The question of common sense is ''what is it good for?'' A question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.
» Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise ;in statesmanship.
» Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
» Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
» A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
» A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
» But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet. Lessen like sound of friends departing feet; And death is beautiful as feet of friend. Coming with welcome at our journey's end.
» Life is the jailer, death the angel sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set us free.