Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character; and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

Every evil has its good, and every ill an antidote.

Brains are still unfashionable for women to wear, and it has always been proof of women's superiority that the more intelligent a man is, the more women admire him, while the bigger fool a woman is, the more men run after her.

Man is not made better by being degraded.

The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.

I have no particular love for my species, but own to an exhaustless fund of compassion

I think even lying on my bed I can still do something.