The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.

The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.

Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often makes its entrance from the mother's corpse.

The obscurest epoch is to-day.