To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.

Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners.

The average man is rich enough when he has a little more than he has got.

The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.

The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.