The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.

The wise man is seldom prudent.

Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.