Death is terrifying, but it would be even more terrifying to find out that you are going to live forever and never die.

And it is the way with us that you may express disapproval of the sun or the moon, or anything you like, but God preserve you from touching the Liberals! Heaven forbid!

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

A man can deceive his fiancee or his mistress as much as he likes and, in the eyes of a woman he loves, an ass may pass for a philosopher. But a daughter is a different matter.

When you want to touch the reader's heart, try to be colder. It gives their grief as it were, a background, against which it stands out in greater relief.