We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?

The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery.

But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things.

A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses is a libertine.

Only where there is pecuniary equality can the distinction of merit stand out.

What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.

It is easy - terribly easy - to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work.