A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

Of all the inventions of man I doubt whether any was more easily accomplished than that of a Heaven.

There are many who believe that 'Marriage is not a word - it is a sentence!' Whether you are indeed 'married' or if you are 'single', I am sure that funny quotes on weddings and marriages always tend to put a wicked smile to the face. It is often said that 'People who are married are often desperate to get out of it and people who are single can't wait to get in!'

The book which most deserved to be banned would be a catalog of banned books.