There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. |
Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world. |
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. |
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. |
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up. |
Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape. Topics: Education |
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. |
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. |
That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident. |