Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch cold on over-exposure. - Samuel Butler

He who would propagate an opinion must begin by making sure of his ground and holding it firmly. There is as little use in trying to breed from weak opinion as from other weak stock.

Sin is like a mountain with two aspects according to whether it is viewed before or after it has been reached: yet both aspects are real.

The great characters of fiction live as truly as the memories of dead men. For the life after death it is not necessary that a man or woman should have lived.