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.

When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion.

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.

Marriage! ... Why, it is like living in a thimble with a hippopotamus!

Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.

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

I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?