Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?

We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy.

The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial.

[T]he departing world leaves behind... not an heir, but a pregnant widow.

Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!