“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration
“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members
“The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women
“Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist
“In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity
“There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other hand, those who tolerate everything, because they believe nothing
“The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes
“Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it
“It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues
“The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned