by and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them

To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things.

Liberty is a product of order.

History seldom destroys that which does not deserve to die; and the burning of the tares makes for the next sowing a richer soil.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement.