One does not need to have cancer to analyze its symptoms.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
He was a man with a chest, and he wanted to give thoughtful expression to the passion of his heart.
The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.
Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.
I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side.
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.