Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.