Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
So long as society is founded on injustice, the function of the laws will be to defend injustice. And the more unjust they are the more respectable they will seem.
When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work.