Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
~ B. R. Hayden - [Sympathy]

Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little.
~ B. R. Hayden - [Genius]

Religion and education are no match for evil without the grace of God.
~ B. R. Hayden - [Mercy]

The first proof of a person's incapacity to achieve, is their endeavoring to fix the stigma of failure on others.
~ B. R. Hayden - [Losers and Losing]