A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.

Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not regard such wealth as a permission or even an obligation to procure for ourselves the pleasures of the world.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.

Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of knowledge, if not elaborated by our own thoughts, is worth much less than a far smaller volume that has been abundantly and repeatedly thought over.