From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome... He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe.

Architects cannot teach nature anything.

I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor.

Always do what's right. That will gratify some and surprise the rest.

I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.

If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary

What a lie it is to call this a free country, where none but the unworthy and undeserving may swear.