When coercion enters, charity leaves.

Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.

That ignorant confidence in one's self and one's future, which comes in life's first dawn, has a sort of mournful charm in experienced eyes, who know how much it all amounts to.

It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.