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

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

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.

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

Mistakes are often the best teachers.

Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.