“The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct merit”

“A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.”

“The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things”

“A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense”

“The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth”

“To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues”