There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work.

Every country has the government it deserves.

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance.

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.

In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve.

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.

The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man.