 The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy. |
| The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind. |
| It is easier to be critical than correct. |
| Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. |
| Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. |
| It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. |
| If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. |
| Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. |
| To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. |
| The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end. |
| Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. |
| The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. |
| I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. |
| Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. Topics: Life |
| If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory. |
| Little things affect little minds. |
| Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe. |
| Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. |
| The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble. |
| London is a roost for every bird. |
