In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.