Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

The law ... allows rich as well as poor to sleep under bridges.

Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable; the other, who cries, makes it sacred.

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.

In order that knowledge be properly digested it must have been swallowed with a good appetite.

When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.