In order that knowledge be properly digested it must have been swallowed with a good appetite.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe!

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.

I have my moments, ” he mused.“They’re few and far between, ” Icountered, grinning

I didn't answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling.

It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later.

Life deserves laughter, hence people laugh at it.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

Out of routine comes inspiration. That's the idea, anyway. To grasp what's exceptional, you first have to know what's routine.

But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest Innocence away