Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read directly in the book of the world.

Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received.

Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.

You must treat a work of art like a great man: stand before it and wait patiently till it deigns to speak.

Newspapers are the second hand of history.

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.