The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not on its growth and development. The error of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The result of his error was the French Revolution. It was an admirable result.

"There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral — immoral from the scientific point of view." "Why?" "Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul."

And when wind and winter harden All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden, You will understand.

Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

After a good quality dinner one will be able to forgive anybody, still one's own relations.