Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing.

To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.

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

Every country has the government it deserves.

Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song.

What a miserable world!--trouble if we love, and trouble if we do not love.