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

If she gives me all her time it is because I have all her heart.

Another story must begin!

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of human excellence may be fostered by faiths that we do not share.

One of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to efface.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.