He who fears to venture as far as his heart urges and his reason permits, is a coward; he who ventures further than he intended to go, is a slave.

There are more fools in the world than there are people.

Our souls must become expanded by the contemplation of Nature's grandeur, before we can fully comprehend the greatness of man.

On the waves of the brook she dances by, The light, the lovely dragon-fly; She dances here, she dances there, The shimmering, glimmering flutterer fair. And many a foolish young beetle's impressed By the blue gauze gown in which she is dressed; They admire the enamel that decks her bright, And her elegant waist so slim and slight.

Religion cannot sink lower than when somehow it is raised to a state religion ... It becomes then an avowed mistress.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.