One truth discovered one pang of regret at not being able to express it is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

It can be accepted that there is a price for man's work, time spent or service done, but never for human dignity.

You win when you are able to convert that time into an investment, into seeds or fruits or products of cultivating your own land or products in other people’s lives.

...which, of course, is how I developed my love for both Kabuki theater and marshmallow Peeps.

Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man's origin, capacity and responsibility.

Art is 'I'; science is 'we'.

I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

Truth is scary. Truth has bad breath at times

If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing.