CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.

The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.

If man is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust.

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves.

The man who kills a man kills a man. The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.

Thanks are the highest form of thought.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.