Is a man satisfied, merely because he is perfumed himself, to mingle with a malodorous crowd?

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.

Equal wealth and equal opportunities of culture have simply made us all members of one class.

Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.

Looking Backward was written in the belief that the Golden Age lies before us and not behind us.

The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.

Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeable relaxation.

I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.

The folly of men not their hard heartedness was the great cause of the world s poverty.

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

In the Darkness, there's always a Light which Shines Bright!

I feel that a book is never written by the writer aloneit's written by him and everyone around him be it directly or indirectly

And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.

I am not lucky. I am the type who would go to Lourdes and drown in the waters.

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally grafted on a variety of the stone pine.

That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.

You can do anything if you accept the challenge, rise to the occasion, try harder, and drive it home!

The light is the left hand of darkness.