Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.

I cannot describe to you the despairing sensation of trying to do something for a man who seems incapable or unwilling to do anything further for himself.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought they demand freedom of speech.

The universe is one of God's thoughts.

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction, like that of religion, which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.

Reading maketh a full man.

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