Man is not born wicked; he becomes so, as he becomes sick.

It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?

Now is not the time for making new enemies.

There is a pleasure in not being pleased.

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.