It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last.

It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.

In the ages since Adam's marriage, it has been good for some men to be alone, and for some women also.

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in ways that we are unable to devise for them.

Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it.