The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention.

Truth is a jewel which should not be painted over; but it may be set to advantage and shown in a good light.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.