It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free.

Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

All men in the abstract are just and good