You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.

There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.

The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.

[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

Countless as the sands of sea are human passions, and not all of them are alike, and all of them, base and noble alike, are at first obedient to man and only later on become his terrible masters.