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

High original genius is always ridiculed on its first appearance; most of all by those who have won themselves the highest reputation in working on the established lines. Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it.

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.

There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

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

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.