Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man.
We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Space is the stature of God.
Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.
Genuine witticisms surprise those who say them as much as those who listen to them; they arise in us in spite of us, or, at least, without our participation,--like everything inspired.