He who is continually changing his point of view sees more, and more clearly, than one who, statue-like, forever stands upon the same pedestal; however lofty and well-placed that pedestal may be.

The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.

Simple ignorance has in its time been complimented by the names of most of the vices, and of all the virtues.

The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war.

There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting his or her feelings, however unfit the time, however inappropriate the place, however painful this expression may be, lays claim, forsooth, to our approbation as an honest person, and sneers at those of finer sensibilities as hypocrites.

There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius.

Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.