Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children to honor and virtue and piety.

A mother is as different from anything else that God ever thought of, as can possibly be. She is a distinct and individual creation.

Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Maple-trees are the cows of trees (spring-milked).