“The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire
“If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends
“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones
“In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity
“The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned
“There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others
“We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
“Of all treasons against humanity, there is no one worse than his who employs great intellectual force to keep down the intellect of his less favored brothers
“People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about
“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people
“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable
“Are there not thousands in the world who love their fellows even to the death, who feel the giant agony of the world, and more, like slaves to poor humanity, labor for mortal good?
“Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace in his quarrel
“Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door
“To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eye