The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.

The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

Justice without wisdom is impossible.