“An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.”

“Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons.”

“Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, that you are dreadfully like other people.”

“Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.”

“Fate loves the fearless.”

“Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.”

“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.”