Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.

Civil war.... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as "foreign war"? Was not all warfare between men warfare between brothers?

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.

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.

What is fright by night is curiosity by day.