Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable.

Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.

Tobacco . . . is not prohibited in the Scriptures, though, as Samuel Butler points out, St. Paul would no doubt have denounced it if he had known of it.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God.

Science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for a good life as the head.

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.