It is those books which a man possesses but does not read which constitute the most suspicious evidence against him.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

I'm not in the world to guard my own life, but to guard souls

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo

A republic may be called the climate of civilization.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.