The perfectly natural thing to do with an unreadable book is to give it away; and the publication, for more than a quarter of a century, of volumes which fulfilled this one purpose and no other is a pleasant proof, if proof were needed, of the business principles which underlay the enlightened activity of publishers.

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

It is unwise to feel too much if we think too little.

Men who believe that, through some exceptional grace or good fortune, they have found God, feel little need of culture.

Need drives men to envy as fullness drives them to selfishness.

Everybody is now so busy teaching that nobody has any time to learn.

A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.