The Iron Chain And The Silken Cord

He Cannot Complain Of A Hard Sentence, Who Is Made Master Of His Own Fate.

A Pity About The People! They Are Brave Enough Comrades, But They Have Heads Like A Soapboiler's.

Anyone Taken As An Individual Is Tolerably Sensible And Reasonable - As A Member Of A Crowd, He At Once Becomes A Blockhead.

To One, Science Is An Exalted Goddess; To Another It Is A Cow Which Provides Him With Butter.

Vast, Colossal Destiny, Which Raises Man To Fame, Though It May Also Grind Him To Powder!