“This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.”

“To be right is more honorable than to be law abiding.”

“Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.”

“Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.”

“It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.”

“It often happens that a human is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.”

“Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.”