Merest Quotes

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.