At the present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statements, but by capitalists |
Be amusing, never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones. |
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. |
Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing. |
Books are the curse of the human race |
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. |
Candor is the brightest gem of criticism |
Change is inevitable. Change is constant. |
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. |
Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing |
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. |
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. |
Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief. |
Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent. |
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future. |