Every hen thinks she has laid the best egg! Can we not all believe as we choose? But the choice of others - what is that to us? Let them alone.

The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love.

it is the possibilities which are the most terrible things in life.

Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.

We do good by ourselves, but we seldom do wrong alone.