The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.