Our religions will never at any time take root; the ancient wisdom of the human race will not be supplanted by the events in Galilee. On the contrary, Indian wisdom flows back to Europe, and will produce a fundamental change in our knowledge and thought.

Newspapers are the second hand of history.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of.

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

One man is more concerned with the impression he makes on the rest of mankind, another with the impression the rest of mankind makes on him.

Life is a task to be done. It is a fine thing to say defunctus est; it means that the man has done his task.