I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!