The sum of the particular intentions of God is the universe itself.
It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.
Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots.
When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.
Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.
God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.
I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
I often reread books I have written.
The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.
Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow.
Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.
From heav'nly thoughts all true delight doth spring.
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.
If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.
