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.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

A single seed of fact will produce in a season or two a harvest of calumnies; but sensible men will pay no attention to them.

There is always a part of our being into which those who are dearer to us far than our own lives are yet unable to enter.

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

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

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