O never harm the dreaming world, the world of green, the world of leaves, but let its million palms unfold the adoration of the trees Of all man's works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.

None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.

The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really does deserve.

The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

A man should fear when he only enjoys what good he does publicly. Is it not the publicity rather than the charity he loves? Is it not vanity, rather than benevolence, that gives such charities?

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.