Nothing is terrible except fear itself.
... wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity.
Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds.
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn.