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.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty

Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

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

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.