Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the Psalms name thee Wisdom and Truth, John names thee Light, the Book of Kings names thee Lord, Exodus names thee Providence, Leviticus Sanctity, Esdras Justice, creation names thee God, man names thee Father; but Solomon names thee Compassion, which is the most beautiful of all thy names.

Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.

Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.

It seems as though, at the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of heaven infills those who are leaving the light of earth.

A little girl without a doll is almost as unhappy, and quite as impossible, as a woman without children." from chapter VIII of Les Miserables

If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.