The Merit Of All Things Lies In

Upon My Word," Said Dantes, "you Make Me Shudder. Is The World Filled With Tigers And Crocodiles?" "yes; And Remember That Two Legged Tigers And Crocodiles Are More Dangerous Than The Others.

To Save A Man And Thereby To Spare A Father's Agony And A Mother's Feelings Is Not To Do A Noble Deed, It Is But An Act Of Humanity.

God Is Merciful To All, As He Has Been To You; He Is First A Father, Then A Judge.

Are There Not Some Places Where We Seem To Breathe Sadness? — Why, We Cannot Tell. It Is A Chain Of Recollections — An Idea Which Carries You Back To Other Times, To Other Places — Which, Very Likely, Have No Connection With The Present Time And Place.

Perhaps What I Am About To Say Will Appear Strange To You Gentlemen, Socialists, Progressives, Humanitarians As You Are, But I Never Worry About My Neighbor, I Never Try To Protect Society Which Does Not Protect Me -- Indeed, I Might Add, Which Generally Takes No Heed Of Me Except To Do Me Harm -- And, Since I Hold Them Low In My Esteem And Remain Neutral Towards Them, I Believe That Society And My Neighbor Are In My Debt.