A solemn funeral is inconceivable to the Chinese mind.
Why should man bother himself so much about salvation, unless he has a feeling of being doomed?
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother
By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also.
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.