The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.

If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?

We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.