Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a legend.

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.

Truth in spirit, not truth to the letter, is the true veracity.

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.

Everyone lives by selling something.