Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.

To be simple is the best thing in the world.

the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul.

It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.

Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The chief feature of our time is the meekness of the mob and the madness of the government.

The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.