In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man.

In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature.

At every crossroad on the way that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past.

In any event, a truth that disheartens, because it is true, is still of far more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

We can never judge a soul above the high water mark of our own.