Dirt has been shrewdly termed "misplaced material.

Those who do not weep, do not see.

[T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.

A day will come when markets, open to trade, and minds, open to ideas, will become the sole battlefield.

If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not Peru in his pocket; and besides, America was not yet discovered. (p. 66)

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.