Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.

Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.

The scenes and events of long ago, and the persons who took part in them, wear a charming aspect to the eye of memory, which sees only the outlines and takes no note of disagreeable details. The present enjoys no such advantage, and so it always seems defective.

Everybody's friend is nobody's.

Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.

The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.