“Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.”
“Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.”
“An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.”
“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.”
“Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.”
“Fate loves the fearless.”
“Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.”