The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.

There is no limit to the noble aspirations which the words "my country" may evoke.

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience.

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.

Even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is inhabitable.