With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

The proof that man is the noblest of all creatures is that no other creature has ever denied it.

To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them.

What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment.

The writer who cannot sometimes throw away a thought about which another man would have written dissertations, without worry whether or not the reader will find it, will never become a great writer.

With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

Man is a masterpiece of creation . . .