Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man.

Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion?

Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song.

Our worries always come from our weaknesses.

Thoughts there are, that need no embodying, no form, no expression. It is enough to hint at them vaguely; a word, and they are heard and seen.

Before you use a fancy word, make room for it.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.