Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows the stuff of which he is made.

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.

I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow.

To expect a man to retain everything that he has ever read is like expecting him to carry about in his body everything that he has ever eaten.

No greater mistake can be made than to imagine that what has been written latest is always the more correct; that what is written later on is an improvement on what was written previously; and that every change means progress.

What a man is: that is to say, personality, in the widest sense of the word; under which are included health, strength, beauty, temperament, moral character, intelligence, and education.