Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.

Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!