The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.

Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.

It is always singular, but encouraging, to meet with common sense in very old books, as the Heetopades of Veeshnoo Sarma; a playful wisdom which has eyes behind as well as before, and oversees itself. It asserts their health and independence of the experience of later times. This pledge of sanity cannot be spared in a book, that it sometimes pleasantly reflect upon itself.

In our daily intercourse with men, our nobler faculties are dormant and suffered to rust. None will pay us the compliment to expect nobleness from us. Though we have gold to give, they demand only copper.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.