Every wise man lives in an observatory.
Much of this world's wisdom is still acquired by necromancy,--by consulting the oracular dead.
Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be right. Anchor yourself fast in the latter faith, or the former will sweep your heart away.
We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.
Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.
The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.