War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.

Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.

A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.