I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

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

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.