I'm not afraid of the dark; I'm afraid of what's in it.

You know, in the Middle Ages, in England, when you met a very poor person, that person would be described as an "unfortunate" -- literally, somebody who had not been blessed by fortune, an unfortunate.

"Illustrations are not just pictures; they are the soul of the story."

In our reasonings concerning matter of fact， there are all imaginable degrees of assurance， from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.