A soul,--a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore.

Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty.

Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night.

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.

The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

How often do we find the blind leading the not-so-blind?

Literature is a microscope

implementation of thoughts is attainedby few and so is success

Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

One should never be where one does not belong.

To begin at the beginning: It is a spring moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.

No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Paradox implies that stating a contradiction disposes of it.