Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

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

To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair.

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.

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

I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.

True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind.