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". . .but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil."
"...the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude."
"A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic."
"A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence"
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
"A friend is one before whom I may think aloud."
"A friend is the hope of the heart."
"A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."
"A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind."
"A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good."