There is no beast more cruel than man.

Only the footsteps of the blind are short, but their thoughts are long.

The loss of reason seems to me honorable, like the death of a sentry at his post.

Ah well, 'tis the way of the world -- births and deaths, births and deaths.

Men are always murderers, and their calmness and generosity is the calmness of a well-fed animal, that knows itself out of danger.

Thus will we deal with life, my little help-meet. Will we not, eh? What though it blink at us like an owl that is blinded by the sun, we will yet force it to smile.

Wisdom and folly are equal before the face of Infinity, for Infinity knows them not.

To succeed in life one needs two things -- influence and a lucky star.

When a woman weeps, it is a man's shame.

Who strikes man with love -- God or the Devil?

The moon was so young, so strange, even as a young girl who is dreaming and is afraid to tell her dreams; and it was shining only for itself.

The most important events in human history were the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.

There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer.

it wont be possible to be famouse without courage.

Socrates wrote nothing. Christ wrote nothing.

I encouraged the cast to make up their own lines.

If it's good, it's mine. If it's bad, it's a fake.

He claims he has never known fatigue while obeying the law, but when he does break it he feels a sense of guilt in discovering the slightest evidence of fatigue which tells him that he has broken it.

I'm a little prejudiced when it comes to horses. I have always loved them.