Lew Wallace

“One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.”

“The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.”

“Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder.”

“Knowledge leaves no room for chances.”

“When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship.”

“As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.”