At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.

We should judge a man much more surely from what he dreams than from what he thinks.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

The rich's paradise was created by the poor's hell.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

He did not study God; he was dazzled by him.

Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and to-morrow we may never see.