The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.

Justice is the sanction of established injustice.

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.

The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls.