Where a man has a passion for meditating without the capacity of thinking, a particular idea fixes itself fast, and soon creates a mental disease.

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.

Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion

If the whole world I once could see On free soil stand, with the people free Then to the moment might I say, Linger awhile. . .so fair thou art.

Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays.

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

If you call a thing bad you do little, if you call a thing good you do much