Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,--like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
Where there is unity, there is the victory.
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.