There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.

I have always been an optimist, perhaps even too much.

To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.

To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.

It is always more valuable to report the truth.

We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for that of all men.