How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.