The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.

Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.

You have to make it happen.

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.