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An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost... →
There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away... →
He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.
If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.
War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor... →