Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Anticipation and Hope are born twins.

Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!

The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.

To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover essential characteristics, we must first observe differences.

I had been brought up in a church which decides everything and permits no doubts, so that having rejected one article of faith I was forced to reject the rest.

The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.