Philosophy should be an energy; it should find its aim and its effect in the amelioration of mankind.

A sewer is a cynic. It tells All.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

To be wicked does not insure prosperity - for the inn did not succeed well.