Fancy, an animal faculty, is very different from imagination, which is intellectual. The former is passive; but the latter is active and creative. Children, the weak minded, and the timid are full of fancy. Men and women of intellect, of great intellect, are alone possessed of great imagination.

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

Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.

When you give, give with joy and smiling.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.

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

Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.